DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIK DISTKII5UTI0N. 487 



ANTENNARIUS PLEUKorilTIIALMUS, (iii.i,. 



Antennariiix jilci(i-nphlli(tlmii.i, lUi.t.. Pine. Acad. Nat. Sc.i. Phil:i., ISfiS. !)2: Proc. II. S.Nat. Mu.s., v, 1883i 

 556.— JoKUAN Mild (iii.i!Ki;r. P.iill., xvi. V. S. N. M., SIG. 



"The aiitorior doisnl ('(|u:ils about ;i tliird (if the leiigtb of tli(> ('and;!! fin and has at- its 

 end iilaciuiatt'cl oi- friiig('(l lol)f cxtt'iidiim' ui)ward; the second is moderate, sli}>htly curved, 

 iiul rather loujj;er than the tirst, and with a meiiilirane extending nearly to the ba.se of the 

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

 with it by the membrane. Tlic skin is covered witli minute bifurcated s])ines. 



"Tlie color is brown, marbled witli lighter, especially before and behind the dorsals 

 ami above the pectorals; distant black dots are also scattered over the body. Three large 

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

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

 in the middle of the caudal ftn. The tloor ol' 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." (dill.) 



Tills species is probably pelagic and not abyssal. 



Specimens were obtaineil by the Blnl;e from station ccxlti, in 23° 1.3' X. lat., Sif^ lO' W. 

 Ion., at a dei)th of S4 fatiioms, and from station orxxvri, in 'J4"' .'U' K lat., 83'^ 16' W. h)n., 

 at a depth of 36 fathoms. .\.lso by the Albatross from station L'4(U, in 28° 44' N. lat., 

 850 16' W. Ion., at a depth of (i(» fathoms; from station 2403, in 28° 45' N. lat., 85° 02' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of .30 fathoms; and from station 2318, in 24'^ 2.5' 45" N. lat., 81'^ 46' 45" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 45 fathoms. 



CHAUNAX, Lowe. 



CIkiiiiiiix, Lowe, Trails. Zoiil. Soc, Linuloii, in, 1816, 339. — (ii'NTHEH, Cat. Fisli. Brit. Mus.. iii. 200. — Giu,, 

 Proo. IT. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 222. 



Antennariids witli head v(M-y large, depress(>(l, cuboid; moutli deft, wide, subvertical. 

 Jaws and palate with l)ands of small teeth. Spinous diu'sal represented by a small rostral 

 tentacle receivable into groove behind it. Soft dorsal moderate, low. Anal short. Veu- 

 trals present. Erauchia'. 2.i. Pseudolnanchite absent. 



CHAUNAX PK'TUS, Lcwk. (Kijiuro 398.) 



Cliainiar piciiiUf'linwK. Trans. Zoiil. Sor. Tiond., ui, 1816.339. PI. LI (speciiupii from ort" Madeira). — Gi'tNTUER, 

 Cat. Fish, lirit. Mas., in, ISlil, 209.— (tII.i,. I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 9(1 (sji'ueric diagnosis in 

 synopsis of family); I'roo. IJ. S. Nat. Miis., i. 1878, 222. — Goodk, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., in, 170.^ 

 .loRDAN and (iiLHERT, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 816.— Gii.vniER, Challenger K'eport, xxii, 1887, '>S. PI. 

 X, Fig. A. — Vaillant, E.xp. Sci. Travailleiir et Talisman, 1888, 313, PI. xxviii. Figs. I-Ii. — Ai.coCK. 

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



Vhaunux, fimhnatuH, lliUiENUORF, .Sitzungslier. Gesellscli. Naturf. Fre.unde, 1879, 80 {fide Giintlier) [specimens 

 from the Sea of .Tapani. — Stbindachxkk and DOdbri.kin, Deukselir. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, .xi,ix, 1887, 

 194. 



Rostral tenta('l(% short, jiedicelhite; mnciferous channels, a]ipeaiiiig as chainlil<e rows 

 of pits. Head, 1;^; dejith, 5.^. Color, orange; sides, roseatt^; tins, scarlet. 



Radial formula: D. i-ll'; A. 5; 1'. 11; V. 4; C. 7. 



Numerous specimens have b(^en oldaiiied by the Blulc, the Fish Ilinck, and the .Mhn- 

 tross, ;it depths of l.'JO to 428 fathoms, from the following stations: lUakc, ix, (tfC IJarbados, 

 288 fathoms. Fish Hairh; ms) (No. 26021, Nat. Mus.), 192 fathoms: Alhatross, 2359,130 

 fathoms; 2305, 347 fathoms; 2.3'.t6, .335 fathoms; 2212, 428 fathoms. 



Lowe and .lohnson both got it olV ^Madeira, (riinther found it in the CIuiUiiiijit collec- 

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



The Tnlismnn obtained it at station i.xxv, off Soudan, Africa, 830 nu;ters, and at sta- 

 tion (!Xiri, A, near the Oai)e N'erdes, 7(iO meters. Tlu^ /h ««////(( ^»r dredged it in the Hay 

 of Bengal, lat. 20° 17' .30" N.. lou. 88^ 51' K., at a depth of 272 fathoms. 



(iiinther has identified the German species described from the Sea of Jajian as G. 

 Jimbriatits as being the same. 



