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Antennarius radiosus Garman 



Taken repeatedly at depths of 45 to 65 fathoms, up to 92 mm. in length. 



D. H-I-13; A. 8; P. 12. First spine very slender, one and one-half times 2d, in- 

 serted at base of 2d and distinctly behind margin of upper jaw; "bait" small and 

 demonstrably single under the high power of the binocular; snout much shorter 

 than orbit; mouth closing vertically, its cleft subterminal; scales nearly every- 

 where bifid at tip, enlarged on head, more complex about pores of lateral-line 

 system, so making its course readily visible; lateral line beginning at tip of man- 

 dible, running along its inferior border, dividing at angle of mouth, superior 

 branch proceeding to tip of snout and back above eye, joining inferior one above 

 and behind eye; lower branch curved just within the preopercular margin, 

 before uniting with upper one; both joined by a branch on nape uniting the 

 systems; the main trunk then proceeding backward by a devious course to 

 caudal peduncle. 



Cream color, netted with gray tracery. Pattern extending beyond oral cleft to 

 membranes of lower jaw, everywhere becoming less distinct toward the belly, 

 which is plain. A conspicuous ocellus with "pupil" as large as eye beneath soft 

 dorsal, half on fin, half on back; another spot under 1st ray of soft dorsal, two 

 contiguous ones under 3d ray and just below lateral line, one behind pectoral 

 base, and one beneath end of dorsal fin, all differing from the ordinary ocellus in 

 having the black pupil largely diminished by a pale center; tail with two dark 

 crossbars. 



Like Antennarius scaber, this fish distends itself greatly by taking water or air 

 into its stomach when it is handled. W. H. L. 



The collection contains 19 specimens, 32 to 92 mm. long. The following pro- 

 portions and enumerations are based on 4 specimens, 43, 63, 83, and 92 mm. long. 

 Head, measured to gill opening, 1.6 to 1.75; depth 1.75 to 2.0; width of head 3.8 

 to 4.3; depth at eyes 2.25 to 2.4. Eye in head 6.1 to 6.8; snout 8.8 to 9.7; inter- 

 orbital 7.4 to 8.3; maxillary 2.1 to 2.3; caudal peduncle 4.1 to 4.4; pectoral 2.3 to 

 2.7. D. III-13; A. 8; P. 13; C. 9. 



The color of preserved specimens is gray, somewhat darker above than below; 

 ocellated spots of fresh specimens still visible, though faint. In addition to mark- 

 ings mentioned, there are various irregular dark lines and indefinite spots on 

 the body and fins, which are more distinct in some specimens than in others. 



On dissection it was found that sometimes, though apparently not always, 

 there is a 4th rudimentary dorsal spine, hidden underneath the skin behind the 

 3d free one. Only the free ones were enumerated in the formulas given above. 



Apparently known only from the Florida Keys. S. F. H. 



Antennarius multiocellatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Chironectes multiocellatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. poiss., vol. 12, 1837, p. 422 



—Cuba. 

 Antennarius corallinus Poey, Repertorio, vol. 1, 1865, p. 188; ibid., vol. 2, 1868, p. 405 — 



Cuba. 



