1. LOPHIUS. 179 



1. Lophius piscatorius. 



The Sea-Devil. Fisliinp: Frog. 



'AXias /3drov, Aristut. Hist. Anim. ix. c. -37, ii. c. 1:3, v. cap. 5 & 14. 



Barpaxos, 'AAias, Aristot. ix. c. 37; ^lian, vii. p. 280; Oppiaii, ii. 



p. 33. 

 Rana, Ocir/, v. p. 126 ; Plin. ix. c. 24, xxr. o. 10. 

 Rana marina, BeUon. p. 85 : /o/«<. IH^: i. iib. 1. tit. 1. cap. 3. art. 3. 



pimct. 9. p. 36. tab. 2. fio:. 8. 

 piscatrix, Rondel, i. lib. 12. cap. 20. p. 363 : Salv. Hist. Aquat. 



p. 129. fig. 47 ; Gesner,Aquat. iv. p. 813; Wilhtghbi/, p. 85. tab. E. 1 ; 



Ray, Syn. p. 29 ; Schonei: p. 59 ; Aldrov. iii. c. 64. p. 466. 

 Lophius, Artedi, Genera, p. 63. .sp. 1, Syiion. p. 87 ; Gronor. Mus. i. 



p. 57, and Zoojihyl. p. 58. 

 Batrachus, Khin, Miss. iii. p. 15. sp. 1 & 2. 

 Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 402, and Faun. Suec. p. 108 ; 



3niU. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 38 ; Retz. Faun. p. 308 ; Briinn. Pise. 



3Ia^s. p. 7 ; Lacep. ii. p. 140, i. pi. 13. fig. 1 ; Bl. iii. p. 82. tab. 87 ; 



Bl. Schn. p. 139 ; Donoi: Brit. Fishes, v. pi. 101 ; Turton, Brit. 



Faun. p. 115; Cur. Regne Anim. ; F7em. Brit. An. p. 214; Cue. 



Reyne Anim. ; Low, Faun. Oread, p. 183 ; Mohr, Isl. Naturli. p. 61 ; 



Faber, Fische Isl. p. 55 ; Shaw, Nat. 3Iise. xi. pi. 422 ; Bonap. Faun. 



Ital. Pesc. c. fig. ; Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 344. pi. 362 ; Jen. Brit. Vert. 



p. 389 ; Parn. Wern. 3feni. vii. p. 253 ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 269, 



2nd edit. i. p. 305, 3rd edit. ii. p. 388 ; Niks. Skand. Faun. Fisk. 



p. 245 ; C'ui: Reyne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 84 ; Gronor. Syst. ed. Gray, 



p. 47 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 3Ierid. iii. p. 444 ; Gaimard, 



Vol/. Isl. et Gronl. Zool. Poiss. pi. 19 ; Guichen. Fxplor. Ak/er. Poiss. 



p. 80. 

 Fishing Frog, Borl. Comic, p. 266. pi. 27. fig. 5 ; Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 



p. 105. pi. 18. edit. 1812, iii. p. 159. pi. 21. 

 Pontoppidan, Nat. Hist. Nortv. ii. p. 244 ; Duhamel, Peehes, ii. sect. 9. 



p. 294. pi. 18; Ascan. Ic. tab. 35, 36; Strom, Sondm. i. p. 271. 

 Batrachus piscatorius, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 47, and Eur. Merid. iii. 



p. 170. 



Youny. 



Lophius eur^'pterus, Diib. en Kor. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1844, 

 p. 63. tab. 3. figs. 1-3 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 251. 



piscatorius, Giinth. Ann. Sf 3Iai/. Nat. Hist. March 1861, p. 190. 



pi. 10. figs. C-E. 



Synonyms established on deformed specimens. 



Lophius fergusonis, Lacep. i. pp. 303, 330 : Walb. Artedi, iii. p. 496, 

 founded on Ferguson, Phil. Trans, liii. p. 88. pi. 13. 



Rana piscatrix, Lcight. Nat. Hist. Lancashire, p. 186. pi. 0. fig. 5. 



Lophius coruubicus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 381, founded on the figure given 

 by Borlase. 



barbatus, Montinus, Act. Holm. iii. 1779, t. 4 ; Z. Gm. i. p. 1480. 



Anatomy. 



Nervous system : Camper in 3Iem. Sav. etrang. Acad. Sci. 1774, -vi. 



p. , and in Opiisc. ed. Herbell, ii. part 2. pi. 1. fig. 1 ; Scarpa, 



de Aiiditu et Olfacto, p. 68. pi. 4. fig. 1. 

 Osteologv : Owen, Osteal. Cafal. Coll. Surg. p. 73 ; Af/ass. Poiss. Foss. 



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