90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



Family ANTENNARIOIDJE Gill. 



Chironecteoidei pt. Blkr. 



As Dr. Bleeker's family appellation is a modification of a generic name that 

 cannot be retained for a representative of this family, it having been pre- 

 viously taken for a valid genus of Marsupial mammals, I do not deem it 

 advisable to retain it. 



I. Head cuboid. A rostral spine or tentacle only devel- 



oped Chaunacix^e. 



Chaunax. 



II. Head much compressed. The rostral spine or tentacle 



as well as two other robust spines developed Axtexxariin^. 



1. Second spine not connected with third. Body short 

 with tumid abdomen. Palate armed with teeth. 

 * First and second spines disconnected. 



at. D. 12. A. 7. Body smooth or scarcely granular. 



Mouth small. Wrist and pectoral slender. Ven- 



trals elongated. Anal extended downwards.. Pterophryne. 



/?. C. 12. A. 7 8. Body with spines, generally 



forked. Mouth moderate. "Wrist and pectoral 



widened. Ventrals short. Anal oblong Antennarius. 



y. D. 15. A. 8. Body smooth Histiophryne. 



** First and second spines connected Saccarius. 



2. Second and third spines well connected by mem- 

 brane, and forming a fin, but distinct from first. Body 



oblong. Palate unarmed BrachioxichthyinvE. 



Brachionichthys. 



Subfamily CHAUNACINJE Gill. 



Genus CHAUNAX Lowe. 

 Maderia. 



Subfamily ANTENNARIIN.E Gill. 



Genus PTEROPHRYNE Gill. 

 Type Cheironectes lsevigatus Cuv. 



Genus ANTENNARIUS Comm. 

 Cheironectes Cuv. nee Illiger. 



Type Antennarius princeps Comm. 



Genus HISTIOPHRYNE Gill. 

 Type Cheironectes Bougainvillii Cuv. 



Genus SACCARIUS Gthr. 

 Coasts of New Zealand. 



Subfamily BRACHIONICUTHYINJE Gill. 



Genus BRACHIONICHTHYS Blkr. 

 Coasts of Yan Diemen's Land, &c. 



Family CERATIOIDJE Gill. 



Genus CERATIAS Kroyer. 



Family MALTH&OIDJE (Blkr.) Gill. 



Genus HALIEUTICHTHYS Poey. 

 Disk suborbicular or ovate-orbicular, about as long as the rest of the body 

 and caudal fin combined. Forehead with a transverse bony ridge, beneath 

 which is a cavity destitute of a tentacle. Eyes dorsal, oblique, nearly equally 



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