Jordan and Evermmm.— Fishes of North America. 



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obliquely backward aud upward. Eye slightly longer than suout ; mouth 

 brown within. Color brown, with white spots on the body and median 

 fi" 6 of the largest of these each with the enter yellowish, the largest 

 ftom ouceto twi^e diameter of eye; spots on dorsal tins small; eye golden. 

 Pmio Rico. (Poey.) Not seen by us. The type 70 mm long t.oj.«, 

 helpless. " I call this species ' u.oj..' on account of the miserable hshmg 



rod which has fallen to its lot." Poey.) 



• • ,„ T>np.v Anal Soc Esp. Hist. Nat., X, 1881, 340, Porto Rico. (Coll. Don 

 An«f»i7ianM« tmop«, FOET, Anai. DUO. X.S1.. -11 



Juan Giindlacli.) 



3096. ANTENNAEIUS PRINCIPIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 n TTI-11- A 7- P 10 Anterior dorsal spine twice as long as second, 

 endin.^ in a'sm"all, slender lobe; membrane behind third spine extending 

 to root of soft dorsal ; last ray of dorsal not reaching caudal. Skin rough 

 covered with small spines ; no cutaneous fringes. Black ; ips of pectoral 

 Tnd ventralswhite; a small white spot above pectoral. (Gunther.) A est 

 ndies to Brazil; not seen by us. Giinther's specimen above descx.bed, 

 ftom Para. (l>rmcii.is, of the prince. Named for its discoverer, Prince 

 Maurice of Nassau.) ,, .o^.- d -i 



^^-chGlir restricts tl,e name vr^^c^i^- Tl.o first tignre .s n.ore hke U,r^.. 

 Antennariusprincipis, Giinther, Cat., in, 193, 1861. 



3097. ANTENNARIUS TENEBROSUS (Poey). 



r> TTT-l''- A 7- P 11. Anterior dorsal spine longer than second, termi- 

 nate. Tnl' sinnde and slender tentacle; soft dorsal fin terminating at 

 Tme distance from caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spmes, w.th- 



rircut^neous fringes. Blackish ^--' -^^^-^ ^^^^^^^^'o^d^^^^^^^ 



a series of 3 black, blue-edged ocelli on upper Pf -""J/'-^Vy/^^^^-;^,^"; 



many similar ocelli on caudal tin, irregularly disposed. (Poey.) Cuba. 



Not seen by us. (tcnebrosns, dusky.) 



Ohironectes tlnebrosus, Poey, Memorias, t, 219, pi. 17, fig- 1, 1851, Cuba.. 



Antennarius tenebroms, GOnther, Cat., ni, 197, 1861. 



3098. ANTENNARIUS RETICULARIS, Gilbert. 



T) HI 1- A 7 First dorsal spine short, very slender and filiform, not 

 re??ch ng ti'p of second, terminating in a short, fleshy llap; second spine 

 moctafely robust,Jle^ble,^ -n;ed^baekw^^ 



^Conce^ingtMsno^al ^l-^^-^^^X:^^^-.^"'' "' ^""^'^ "" ''"' 

 on drawings by Prince Ma"rf , Cu^iei .^ ^ a^^^^^^ ^^ ^ „ ttent.on 



of mvS"n\llogetSVfln^ >^ave served as models for these 



'^nre'follo.ving is the substance of the original ^j^^l^ ^J^':Z:'Z&^ fins; 

 I^the first tifure, color very deep '^--';;^^5f^/trst .Vne^'uv^^^ as that of the 



t^^i:i^f:^lJi^'^ f ll?^k:^rbl£ the second spine l.ee from the hrst and 

 similar in shape. , „p„„nd dorsal longer, the first ray ending m a 



^plTandT^rwlll'^boirwUrw^^^^^ 



other. 



