214 FISHES. ACANTHOPT. Lophius. 



Araneus, Merr. Pin. 187. — Draco marinus, Sibb. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. 

 288.— English coast. 



Length about a foot. Above yellowish, beneath silvery ; the sides with 

 two or three longitudinal and numerous transverse yellow lines. Throat 

 sloping; back straight, belly prominent. 1st D. 5, 2d 25 ; P. 15; V. 6; A. 

 25 ; C. 10. The first dorsal fin is black ; and the wound made by its spines 

 is said to be very painful. 



146. T. major. Greater Weaver. — Tail even; pectorals 

 emarginate ; head sloping. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. hi. 171- Don. Brit. Fishes, t. 107 English coast. 



Length 11 inches. Body lengthened; scales disposed obliquely, with lines 

 of yellow and black in the same direction. 1st D. 5, 2d D 32 ; P. 14 ; V. 5 ; 

 A. 32 ; C. 13. This fish is occasionally brought to the London market in 

 spring. 



Gen. LXXV. LOPHIUS. — Body without scales; mouth 

 wide ; snout with two osseous flexible moveable tentacula. 



147. L. piscatorhts. Angler. — Head depressed, teeth nu- 

 merous ; chin bearded. 



Rana piscatrix, Merr. Phi. 18G, Sibb. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. 85 — Loph. 

 pise. Linn. Syst. i. 402. Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 120. Don. Brit. Fishes, 

 t. 101.— E, Monk, Toad, Nass, Devil fish, Frog-fish; ^Wide-gab; 

 JV, MarooL — Common in the North Sea. 



Length 3 to 5 feet. Body broad in front, slender towards the tail ; brown 

 above, white beneath. Under jaw longest. Nostrils on the inside of the 

 mouth. Eyes coronal, irides white, radiated with black. Pectorals large, on 

 footstalks ; the gill covers concealed, aperture small. 1st D. 4, 2d D. 14 ; P. 

 27 ; V. 5 ; A. 8 ; C. 8. The sides have fleshy filaments. The skeleton is 

 cartilaginous. The Mountsbay Angler of Borlase (Corn. 266. t. 27- f. 6.), 

 and the one from Bristol (Phil. Trans, liii. p. 170. t. 13.), appear to be only 

 the common Angler, the specimens having been more or less mutilated. 



Gen. LXXVI. TRIGLA. Gurnard. — Three detached 

 rays at the base of the pectorals. 



* Pectorals large, reaching beyond the vent. 



148. T. Hirundo. Sapphirine Gurnard. — Pectoral fins rich 

 green and blue ; lateral line rough. 



Hirundo, Will. Ich. 280 — T. Hir. Linn. Syst. i. 497. Penn. Brit. Zool, 



iii. 280 E, Tub.— South coast of England, rare in Scotland. 



Length about a foot. Body slender ; back greenish, belly white ; sides 

 reddish ; pupil green. A row of spines on each side of the dorsals at the base, 

 1st D- 9 (the second ray longest), 2d D. 18 ; P. 10 ; V. i ; A. 19 ; C. 10. 



149- T. Icevis. Smooth Gurnard. — Pectorals clouded with 

 blue and red ; lateral line elevated, smooth. 



Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 455. — E, Yillock. — Coast of Devon. 

 Length 2 feet. Yellowish-brown above, tinged with red; belly white. 

 Snout slightly bifid, denticulated. Back slightly serrated at the base of the 



