VIII CONTENTS 



Bony fishes. Class Osteichthyes— Continued Fag» 



Blenny-like fishes. Families Lumpenidae, Pholidae, and Stichaeidae 491 



Rock eel Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus) 492 



Snake blenny Lumpenus lumpretaeformis ( Walbaum) 494 



Shanny Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries) 497 



Arctic shanny Stichaeus punctaius (Fabricius) 497 



Radiated shanny Ulvaria subbifurcala (Storer) 498 



Wrymouths. Family Cryptacanthodidae 500 



Wry mouth Cryplacanthod.es maculatus Storer 500 



WolfBshes. Family Anarhichadidae 502 



WolfBsh Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus 503 



Spotted WolfHsh Anarhichas minor Olafsen - 507 



Ocean pouts and Wolf eels. Family Zoarcidae 508 



Ocean pout Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider) 510 



Wolf eel Lycenchelys verrillii (Goode and Bean) 515 



Arctic eelpout Lycodes reticulalus Reinhardt 516 



Cusk eels. Family Ophidiidae 517 



Cusk eel Lepophidium cervinum (Goode and Bean) 517 



Toadfishes. Family Batrachoididae 518 



Toadfish Opsanus tau (Linnaeus) 518 



Triggerfishes. Family Balistidae 520 



Triggerfish Batistes carolinensis Gmelin 520 



Filefishes. Family Monacanthidae 521 



Filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus) 522 



Filefish Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill) 523 



Orange filefish Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum) 524 



Unicornfish Alutera scripta (Gmelin) 525 



Puffers and Porcupine-fishes. Families Tetraodontidae and Diodontidae 525 



Puffer Sphaeroides maculatus (Bloch and Schneider) 526 



Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum) 527 



Ocean Sunfishes or Headfishes. Family Molidae 528 



Sunfish Mola mola (Linnaeus) 529 



Sharp-tailed sunfish Masturus lanceolatus (Lifinard) 53 1 



Anglers. Family Lophiidae 532 



American Goosefish Lophius americanus Cuvier and Valenciennes 532 



Sargassum fishes. Family Antennariidae 541 



Sargassum fish Histrio piclus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 541 



Deep sea anglers. Family Ceratiidae 542 



Deep sea angler Ceratias holbolli Kr0yer 543 



Bibliography 545 



Index 561 



