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and ventral are blackish without distinct spots. On the back and head 

 many of the ocelH become very small. The outer portions of the paired 

 fins are also darker than the other parts. Along the upper portion of 

 the soft dorsal are four large blackish ocelli arranged at equal distances, 

 and posteriorly on the base of the fin a much larger one. Anal similar 

 but the basal ocellus at the fifth and sixth rays. There are also several 

 enlarged ocelli on the sides of the body and caudal fin. 



Length 3/g inches. 



Type No. 24,208, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Zanzibar. Coll. Sir 

 Charles EHot. 



One example, described above. It resembles Antennarius phyma- 

 todes Bleeker somewhat in color, but is apparently more closely re- 

 lated to Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, from which it is distin- 

 guished by the very numerous ocelli. 



Antennarius nigromaculatus Play fair is said to have a large black 

 patch extending over the whole of the abdominal region, 



{Argus, hundred-eyed, on account of the very numerous ocelli.) 



9. Antennarius tuberosus Cuvier. 



1817. Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, III, p. 432; 

 risle de France. (Coll. M. Mathieu.) 



Head (measured to axil of pectoral) 2^; depth 2; D. I-I-I-ll; 

 A. 7 ; P. 9 ; V. 5 ; width of head (measured at opercle) about li in its 

 length; snout 4 in head; eye about 6; maxillary If; width of mouth If; 

 interorbital space 3^; bait 4f ; second spine 4.V; third spine 2f ; eighth 

 dorsal ray 2; base of anal 1^; fourth anal ray 2; length of caudal 1^; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2^; base of pectoral 2f ; base of ventral 



Body elongate, compressed, and the greatest depth about the origin 

 of the soft dorsal. The back is elevated, especially between the third 

 dorsal spine and the origin of the soft dorsal, sloping down gradually 

 behind to the caudal peduncle. The abdomen is very large, rounded, 

 or swollen. Caudal peduncle small, and but little free. 



Head moderate, very deep, and with a steep round anterior profile. 

 Side of the head more or less swollen in appearance, but with the 

 greatest width of the body at the base of the pectoral in front. Snout 

 very short, blunt, broad, and a little inclined. Eye small, very high 

 and anterior. Mouth large, inclined forward so that the chin is pro- 

 duced. Maxillary concealed below. Mandible very broad and with 

 a small symphyseal knob. Lips thick. Teeth small and in rather 

 broad bands in the jaws. Vomer and palatines with bands of fine 

 teeth. Tongue large, free around the edges so that it is very thick, 



