FAMILY ANTENNARIIDAE — SCHULTZ 145 



Genus ANTENNARIUS Lacepede 



Antennarius (Commerson ms.) Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 

 1, p. 325, 1798 (type species, Antennarius chironedes (Commerson) Lacepede 

 {=Lophius commersoni Shaw 1804 and later authors) designated by 

 Bleeker (Atlas ichthyologique, vol. 1, p. 5, 1865)). 



ANTENNARIUS ALTIPINNIS Smith and Radcliffe 



Plate 146,C 



Antennarius altipinnis Smith and Radcliffe in Radcliffe, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 42, p. 204. fig. 3, 1912 (type locality, Nogas Pt., Panay, Philippines; 



holotype, USNM 70267). 

 Antennarius albomarginatus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 97, 



p. 74, fig. 19, 1945 (type locality, Saipan; type examined by me, ANSP 



71609). 

 Antennarius niveus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 98, p. 215, 



fig. 75, 1906 (type locality, Riu Kiu Islands; type examined by me, ANSP 



72088). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Marianas Islands: Guam, tide pool, June 29 to July 7, 1949, Eugenie Clark, 

 1 specimen, 13 mm. (USNM 154625). 



Also: Numerous lots from the Philippines, Palau, and Gilbert islands. 



Description. — Dorsal rays I-I-I-12; anal 7; pectoral 9 and 10, 

 usually 9; last 2 or 3 soft dorsal rays divided as is last pelvic ray; 

 first dorsal spine shorter than second, the bait consists of a small 

 bulbous knot of filaments; skin behind base of second dorsal spine 

 rough; caudal peduncle distinct. 



Color in alcohol. — Dark brown, somewhat mottled with lighter 

 shades; a pale saddle below space between third dorsal spine and origin 

 of soft dorsal; distal margins of median fins broadly whitish; the central 

 area of these fins dark brown; caudal fin with a pale bar basally; 

 distal half of pectoral rays pale, basally dark brown; sometimes an 

 ocellate spot occurs on soft dorsal between bases of ninth and tenth 

 dorsal rays. 



Color when alive. — An Albatross Philippine color drawing shows 

 the distal edges of median fins as yellowish; cirri on head and body 

 white; pelvic and pectoral rays grayish yellow distally. 



ANTENNARIUS COCCINEUS (Lesson) 



Plate 146,B 



Chironedes coccineus Lesson, Voyage . . . La Coquille . . ., Zoologie, vol. 2, 

 pt. 1, p. 143, pi. 16, fig. 1, 1830 (type locality, Mauritius; Dr. de Beaufort 

 kindly wrote to me that "the dorsal and anal end close to base of caudal" 

 on the type, thus figure 1 is inaccurate). — Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 12, p. 430, 1837 (on Lesson). 



Antennarius coccineus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique, vol. 5, p. 22, pi. 197, 

 fig. 2, 1865 (Java; Cocos; Nias; Singapura; Sangi; Buro; Amboina; Ceram; 



