DISCI SSION OF SPECIES AND THEIK DISTRIBUTION. 487 



ANTENNAJRICS PLEUROPHTHALMUS, Gill. 



Antennarius pleurophthalmtu, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Soi. Phila., 1863, 92: Proo. U. S.Nat. Mns., v, L883 

 556.— Jordan and Gilbert, Bull., svi, U.S. N. M., 846. 



"The anterior dorsal equals aboul a bhird of the length of the caudal tin and has al its 

 end a laciniated or Cringed Lobe extending upward; the second is moderate, slightly curved, 

 •rad rather longer than the lirst, and with a membrane extending nearly to the base of the 

 third spine; the latter is free, extends backward nearly to the fin, and almost connected 

 with it by the membrane. The skin is covered with minute bifurcated spines. 



"The color is brown, marbled wirh lighter, especially before and behind the dorsals 

 and above the pectorals; distant black dots arc also scattered over the body. Three large 

 ocelli or Mack spots, margined with light brown, are on each side: one at the middle of I he 

 basal half of the dorsal, a second below, intermediate between it and the anus, and a third 

 in the middle of the caudal fin. The floor of the mouth behind the tongue is black, with 

 whitish yellow radiating lines, while the tongue itself is light brown, with darker radiating 

 bands or spots.'' ( Grill.) 



This species is probably pelagic and not abyssal. 



Specimens were obtained by the Blake from station CCXLII, in L'.'i 13' N. lat., 89 LO' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 84 fathoms, and from station CCXXVII, in 24° 34' N. lat., S.'P 16' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 36 fathoms. Also by the Albatross from station 2404, in 28° -44' N. lat., 

 85 Hi' \Y. Ion., at a depth of CO fathoms: from station 2405, in 28° 45' N. lat., 85° 02' \V. 

 Ion., at a depth of 30 fathoms: and from station 2318, in 2 1 25' 4.")" N. lat., 81° 46' 45" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 45 fathoms. 



CHAUNAX, Lowe. 



Chaunax, I, owe, Trans. Zool. Soc, London, in. 1846, 339. — GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mas., in. 2(>0. — Gill, 

 Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mils., i, 1878, 222. 



Antennariids with head very large, depressed, cuboid; mouth cleft, wide, subvertical. 

 Jaws and palate with bands of small teeth. Spinous dorsal represented by a small rostral 

 tentacle receivable into groove behind it. Sofl dorsal moderate, low. Anal short. Ven- 

 trals present. Brauchhe 2i. I'seudobranchia' absent. 



CHA1 N.W PICTUS, Lowe. (Figure 398.) 



Chaunax pictus, LOWE, Trans. Zo.il. Sue. Lond., HI, 1846. 339, PI. r.i (specimen from nil' Madeira). — (ii'xruER, 

 Cat. Fi.sh. Brit. Mas., in, 1861, 200.— Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 90 (generic diagnosis in 



synopsis of family); Proc. I'. S. Nat. Mus., i. ISTs, 222.— G E, Proc. I'. S. Xal. Mus., HI, 170.— 



Jordan ami Gilbert, Bull. Hi. IT. S. Nat. Mus.. 846.— GBnther, Challenger Report, xxii, 1887, 58, PI. 

 \. Pig. A. — Vaillant, K\]i. Sci. Tvavailk-nr it Talisman, lsss. :;i:i. l'|. wvm, Figs. i-ii. — ALCOCK, 

 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1889, 381. 



Chaunax fimbriatus, Hilgendorf, Sitzungsber. Gesellsch. Naturf. Freunde, 1879, 80 I fide Giinther) [specimens 

 from the Sea of Japan]. — Steindachneb ami Doderlbint, Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, xt.ix. 1887, 

 I'll. 



Rostral tentacle, short, pedicellate; muciferous channels, appearing as chainlike rows 

 of pits. Head, 1.', ; depth, 5.1. < 3oIor, orange ; sides, roseate; fins, scarlet. 



Radial formula: D. i-ll; A. 5; P. 11; V. I; <'. 7. 



Numerous specimens have been obtained by the Blake, the Fish Hawk, and the Mlm 

 truss, at depths of l.'ii) to 428 fathoms, from the following stations: Blake, i\, oil' Barbados, 

 288 fathoms. Fish Hawk, 869 (No. 26021, Nat. .Mus.), L92 fathoms: Albatross, 2359, L30 

 fathoms; l'.;.»5, 317 fathoms; 2396, 335 fathoms; 2212, 428 fathoms. 



Lowe and Johnson both got it off Madeira, Giinther found if in the Challenger collec 

 tion taken near the Fiji Islands (station 173), 315 fathoms. 



The Talisman obtained if at station i.xxv, off Soudan. Africa. 830 meters, and at sta 

 tion cxin, A, near the Cape Yenles, 7<i(> meters. The Investigator dredged it in the Baj 

 of Bengal, lat, 20° 17' 30" N.. Ion. 88° 51' E., at a depth of 272 fathoms. 



Giinther has identified the German species described from the Sea of Japan as ('. 

 fimbriatus as being the same. 



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