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9 a. Batrachus tau. Toad-fish : Sapo. 



Gadus tau Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. xii, 1766, 439 (Carolina) ; 

 Scboepf, Beobacht. viii, 1788, 141 (New York) ; Walbaum, Genera 

 Pise., 1792, 135 (Eastern America). 



Batrachus tau Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii, 1837, 

 478 (New York) ; De Kay, New York Fauna, Fish, 1842, 168, pi. 

 28, f. 26 (New York) ; Storer, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1846, 132 ; Giinther, 

 Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 1861, 167 (New York ; New Orleans) ; 

 Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A., 1861 (name only) ; Poey, Syn, 

 Pise. Cuba, 1868, 390 (Cuba) ; Gill, -Report U. S. Fish Comm., 

 1871-72, 798 (New Jersey ; Florida ; Cuba ; no description) ; Baird, 

 Report U. S. Fish Comm., 1871-72, 824 (Wood's Holl) ; Poey, 

 Enumeratio Pise. Cubensium, 1875, 136 (Cuba) ; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 372 (Beaufort, N. C. ; no description) ; 

 Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 110 (Mouth of the St. John's 

 River, Fla. ; no description) ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1879, 127 (Pensacola) ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 

 334 (Pensacola ; Beasley's Point, N. J. ; Norfolk, Va. ; Punta Russa, 

 Fla. ; Wood's Holl, Mass. ; Indianola, Tex.) ; Goode, Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xiv, 1879, 32 (Wood's Holl ; no description) ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 83 (Wood's Holl, Mass. ; 

 Noank, Conn.) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 

 291 (Pensacola, Fla.) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1882, 616 (South Carolina ; no description) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. 

 Fish. N. A., 1882, 750 ; Bean, Cat. Fish. Ex. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 

 47; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 143 (Key West; no 

 description). 



Lophius bufo Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, New York, 1815, 

 463 (New York). 



Batrachoides vernullasLe Sueur, "Mem. Mus., v, 1819, 157, pi. 17." 



Batrachoides variegatus Le Sueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, 

 1823, 399 and 401 (Egg Harbor, New Jersey). 



Batrachus variegatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii, 

 1837, 484 (copied) ; Storer, Fish. Mass., 1839, 74 (Holmes' Hole) ; 

 Storer, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1846, 133 (New York) ; Gill, Cat. Fish. 

 East Coast N. A., 1861, 43 (Name only). 



Batrachus celatus De Kay, New York Fauna, Fish, 1842, 170, pi. 50, 

 f. 161 (New York) ; Storer, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1846, 133 ; Gill, Cat. 

 Fish. East Coast N. A., 1861, 43 (Name only). 



Habitat. — Atlantic Coast of North America, from Cape Cod to 

 Cuba. 



We have examined numerous specimens (from 3 to 9f inches 

 in length) of this species from Key West, Florida. We find 

 among these apparently the varieties A and B of Dr. Giinther, 

 and also intermediate grades. 



