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second and third, dorsal spines strong, covered with skin, with numerous 

 fleshy filaments ; soft dorsal high and long ; anal short and deep ; caudal 

 fin rounded, the iieduucle free; pectoral fins wide, with a rather wide 

 wrist, at the lower posteric^r angle of which are the very small gill open- 

 ings; ventral fins short. Fantastic-looking fishes, often gaily colored; 

 very numerous in warm seas, (antenna, a feeler or tentacle.) 



a. Bulbous tip or "bait" of first dorsal spine simple, undivided at tip. 



6. Skin sniootbish except about eyes ; first dorsal spine short, second rough. Body 

 brown, with ■whitish spots; no ocelli. INOPS, 3095. 



bb. Skin with prickles, A'elvety or .shagreen-like. 

 c. Prickles simple, none of them bifid. 



d. Color black; tips of pectorals and ventrals and one or two spots on 

 side white (prickles uiidescribed). principis, 3096. 



dd. Color dusky; dorsal with 3 ocelli ; caudal with many spots; first dor- 

 sal longer than second; no dermal flaps. tenebrosus, 3097. 

 ddd. Color reddish or grayish, reticulate with heavy black lines; first 

 dorsal spine short. reticularis, 3098. 

 ec. Prickles or spinules on body mostly bifid. 



e. Body without ocelli ; first dorsal spine filiform. 



/. Mouth immaculate within ; body with numerous rosy and dusky 



tracts, the latter forming bars and concentric streaks below ; 



fins barred. strigatus, 3099. 



Xf. Mouth largely black within ; body blood red, with black spots 



on sides and below dorsal. s.\nguineus, 3100. 



ee. Body with 3 large ocelli, 1 on dorsiil, 1 on caudal, and 1 on middle of 



side, besides many black spots and streaks; tip of first dorsal 



spine fringed; mouth largely black within. ocellatus, 3101. 



aa. Bulbous tip or "bait" on first dorsal spine bifid at tip; skin sliagreen-like. 



g. Coloi reddish, with brown spots, those about the eye radiating. 



h. Dermal flaps numerous on body ; spinules on skin short and stitf, rendering 



the surface shagreen-like. scaber, 3102. 



hh. Dermal flaps few; spinules on skin longer and slender, rendering the 



surface velvety. Tigris, 3103. 



gg. Color uniform black; surface of body rongh, shagreen -like; inside of mouth 



white ; first dorsal spine short, little longer than second, nuttingii, 3104. 



aaa. Bulbous tip or "bait" of first dorsal spine trifid. 



i. First dorsal ray twice as long as .second and as long as caudal ; sides with 



numerous black ocelli, besides other streaks and dark spots; skin 



smoothish. multiocellatds, 3105. 



ii. First dorsal spine barely J longer than second; .shorter than caudal; sides 



with dark streaks and reticulations ; a large ocellus under middle of soft 



dorsal; body rough, with shagreen. radios us, 3106. 



3095. AlVTENNARIUS INOPS, Poey. 



Depth 2| with ciudal. Skin lustrous, smooth, except for some points 

 behind and below eye; third of the first 3 dorsal rays largest, its mem- 

 brane not reaching to vent; second ray also large, but shorter, placed 

 between eyes; first spine developed as a fishing rod, filiform, ending in a 

 small, membranaceous lobe, its base close to that of secon<l, and, therefore, 

 distant from end of snout, its spine short, the tip not reaching middle of 

 second spine; short tentacles, like horns, on anterior part of third spine, 

 over the nostrils, and under the mouth; caudal rounded; pectoral so 

 joined that it can not be turned forward as usual in this group, but rising 



