180 PEDICULATl. 



On the other anatomical details see the article in Cur. i§- Veil I. c, and 

 in Stannius, Veryl. Anat. Fische. 

 D. 3 I 3 I 11-12. A. 9-11. C. 8. Caec. pylor. 2. 

 Vert. 28-31 (i£f;). 



Teeth arranged in two alternate series ; two or three teeth on 

 each side of the vomer ; humeral spine ■«'ith three points ; the mouth 

 behind the hyoid bone colourless. 



Coasts of Europe ; scarce beyond 60° N". lat. Capo Seas. 

 a. Adult: stuifed. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 6. Half-grown: skin. South Devonshire. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Half-grown. South "Wales. Presented by J. Stokes, Esq. 



d. Three feet long : stuffed. English Coast. 



e. Half-grown : in spirits. British Coast. 



f-k. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins and stuffed. British 



Coast. 

 I, m. Very large specimens : skeletons. 

 n. Skull of a very large specimen. 



2. Lophius setigerus. 



Lophius setigerus, Wahl. SJcrirt. af Naturh.'w . p. 214. tab. .3. figs. 5, 6 ; 



Cur. ^- Val xii. p. 383 ; Schleg. Faun. Jupon. Poiss. p. 158. pi. 80 ; 



Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 203 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 



XXV., Japan, p. 46. 

 vivipanis, Bl. Schn. p. 142. tab. 32. 



D. 3 I 3 I 8-9. A. 6-7. C. 8. Vert. 19. 



Teeth arranged in two alternate series in the upper jaw, in three 

 in the lower ; two or three teeth on each side of the vomer ; hu- 

 meral spine terminating in three points ; the mouth behind the hyoid 

 bone pm-plish-black, with white spots. 



Coasts of China and Japan. 



a. Half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b-c. Young : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



d-t. Half-grown and young : dried. From Chinese insect-boxes. 



The small number of vertebrae proves the distinctness of this 

 species from the European L, piscatorius. The anterior vertebra) are 

 very short, the middle and posterior ones nearly equal in length. 



3. Lophius budegassa. 



Lophius budegassa, Spinola in Ann. 3Ius. 1807, p. 370 ; Riaso, Fur. 

 Merid. iii. p. 170 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso. c. tig. 



piscatorius, var. A., Itisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 48. 



parvipinnis, Cuv. Regne Atmn. 



piscatorius, var., Cur. (^ Val. xii. p. 372. 



D. 3 I 3 I 9. A. 9. C. 8. Vert. 27-30. 



Teeth arranged in two alternate series ; two or three teeth on 



