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ANGLER. 



border of the pectoral fin were spines an inch and three 

 fourths in length, and at the end of the tail others three 

 fourths of an inch long. 



Ferguson also has described an Angler which he supposed 

 to be a separate species, and which has been received as 

 such by Lacepede, but of which no other example has since 

 been recognised. It was caught in Bristol Roads in 1763, 

 and was probably a variety of the common species. It was 

 described as not having the body flattened above and below, 

 nor compressed at the sides, but of a cylindrical form, and 

 ending in a cone. Behind the upper lip were two hard elastic 

 filaments, one before the other, long, but without a membrane 

 at their extremity. It was in length lour feet nine inches. 



Form of membranous barbs round tl:e jaws of an Angler. 



