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b-c, cl-e. Half-grown nnd yoimg. Indian Ocean. 



/. Half-grown. Atlantic. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



g, h. Adult : not good state. 



Var. y. ranina. 



Lophius raninus, Tiles. 3Iem. Natur. Mnsc. xi. pi. 16. 



Cliii'onectes Isevigatiis, Cm: Mem. Mns. iii. p. 423. pi. 16. fig. 1 ; Cuv. 



4" Val. xii. p. 399 ; Sforcr, lit p. 3I(iss. p. 73 ; Dekay, Netv York 



Fainxi, Fishes, p. IGo. pi. 27. tig. 83. 

 Antennariiis nitidus, Benn. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 375. tab. 9. fig. 2. 

 Cbironectes pictus, var. rittatus, Richarck. Voy. Ereh. ^~ Terr. Fishes, 



p. 15. pi. 9. figs. 3, 4. 



Skin minntely granulated. The length of the third dorsal spine is 

 one-third of the height of the body. The brown spots blacldsh-brown, 

 slightly edged with white ; white spots small, and not numerous ; 

 bands on the vertical fins broad and spot-like. 



Atlantic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Seas. 



a, h. c, d, €. Half-grown and young. China. Presented by Captain 



Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 /. Adult. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 g, li. Half-grown and young. 



Var. I. gibba. 



Lophius gibbus, Mitch, in Phil. S^- Lit. Trans. Neiv York, i. pi. 4. fig. 9, 

 and Am. Month. Mag. ii. p. 325 (from a discoloured specimen). 



Chironectes gibbus, Dekay, Neiv York Fauna, Fishes, p. 164. pi. 24. 

 fig. 74. 



Skin very distinctly granulated. The length of the third dorsal 

 spine is one-third or rather less than one-third of the height of the 

 body. The brown spots on the body dark greyish-brown, with 

 narrow white edges, ^liite spots scattered, nearly as large as the 

 eye ; the bands on the dorsal obhque, on the caudal transverse, and 

 on the anal longitudinal : all with dots of a deeper brown. 



Atlantic ; Australia. 



a, b, c. Adult and young. West coast of Africa. 

 (/. Adult. Australia. Presented by T. Baines, Esq. 

 e, f. Adult and half-grown : not good state. 



Var. e. marmorata. 



? Batrachus mollis, Klein, 3Iiss. iii. p. 16. tab. 3. fig. 4. 



? Lopliius histrio, var. marmoratus, £1. Schn. p. 142. 



Lophius geographicus, Quoy 8f Gaim, Voy. tlran. i. p. 355. pi. 65. 



fig. 3 (deformed). 

 Chironectes marmoratus. Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 145, Poiss. pi. 16. 



fig. 2 (bad) ; Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 402 ; Faim. Japon. Poiss. p. 169. 



pi. 81. fig. 1. 



nesogallicua, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 401 ; Bleeker, Solor, p. 84. 



Antennariiis nesogallicus, Guer.-Menev. leonoyr. iii. pi. 41. fig. 2. 

 raninus, Cant. Catal. p. 202 ; Bleek. Ceram, ii. p. 707, and Act. 



Soc. Sc. Lula-Nederl. iii., Celebes, p. 12. 



Skin very distinctly granidar. The length of the third dorsal 



