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the root of the caudal, if laid backwards. Head and body with cu- 

 taneous tentacles, those on the angle of the mouth and on the belly 

 being the most conspicuous ; each tentacle of the latter rooting in the 

 centre of a round white spot. The second and third dorsal spines 

 fringed on the top. Ground-colour yellowish or reddish, largely 

 marbled with brown ; brown spots radiating from the eye ; most of 

 the spots edged with white. Hound white spots on the sides of the 

 body, and more crowded on the belly. 

 Seas between the Tropics. 



Var. a. picta. 



? Guaperva sinensis, Limii, Reise durch Westgothland, tab. 8. fig. 6 



a & b. p. 160. 

 Lophius, Gronov, Zocqihyl. no. 208. 

 Balistes, Gronov. 3Ius. Ichth. i. p. 53. no. 116. 

 ? LopLius histrio, var. h. pietus, Bl. Schn. p. 142. 

 Chironectes pictus, Cm: ^- Val. xii. p. 393. pi. 364. 

 arcticiis, Di<b. en Kor. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1844, p. 72. tab. 3. 



figs. 4, 5 ; Nihs. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 257. 

 Lopliius histrio, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 48 (not syn.). 



Skin entirely smooth. The third dorsal spine nearly one-half of 

 the height of the body. The brown spots on the body Ught chestnut- 

 brown, the white spots on the belly nearly as large as the eye ; 

 ii'regular brown longitudinal bands on the dorsal and anal fins, those 

 on the caudal transverse. 



Young of this variety. 



Lophius tumidus, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, p. 56 ; Osbeck, Reise nacli China, 



p. 400. 

 Chironectes tumidus, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 397. 



The third dorsal spine is nearly entirely enveloped in the skin. 



Atlantic ; occasionally extratropical. 

 a-h. Half-grown. West Indies. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 e-d. Young. Atlantic, between 22° and 25° N. lat. and 48° W. long. 



From Mr. Rouse's Collection. 

 e-g. Young. (? Lake Chalco, near Mexico.) Presented by Eobert 



James, Esq. 

 h. Young. Open sea. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 

 i, Tc, l-fi, 0, p, q-r, s-iu. Adult, half-grown, and young, 

 .r. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



Var. l3. 



Skin minutely granulated. The length of the third dorsal spine 

 is rather less than one-half of the height of the body. The brown 

 spots on the body light chestnut-brown ; white spots numerous, 

 nearly as large as the eye ; the bands of the dorsal are irregular, 

 oblique, those on the caudal transverse, and those on the anal irre- 

 gular and longitudinal. 



Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 

 a. Half-grown. Molucca Sea. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



