190 ■ PEDICULATI. 



in a lanceolate ciliated flap. A cntaneous fold extends from the 

 third dorsal spine to the soft dorsal fin. The soft dorsal termi- 

 nates at some distance from the caudal fin. and its last ray does 

 not extend to the root of the latter. Body and head with a few 

 short fringes. Skin very rong'h. covered ^vith small spines. Ground- 

 colour yellow, with numerous brown spots and streaks, some of the 

 latter radiating from the eye, others extending on the dorsal fin, 

 which has no series of large round spots. 

 East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. East Indies. From the Collection of the East 

 India Company. 



6. Antennarius pinniceps. 



Antennarius pinniceps, ( Commersoti) Cm: Sj- VnJ. xii. p. 410 ; Sleek. 



Act. Soc. Sc. Iiuh-Neclcrl. i., Amhoinn, p. 49. 

 Lophius histrio, Lacep. i. pp. 302, 320. 



Antennarius tridens, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. pi. 81. fig. 4. 

 Chironectes scaber, Bianco7ii, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. lO, p. 219. 



D. 3 I 12. A. 7. P. 10. 



The anterior dorsal spine is as long as the second, terminating in 

 three lanceolate flaps. The dorsal fin terminates at a considerable 

 distance from the caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spines 

 and with some small cutaneous fringes. Yellowish, irregularly 

 spotted and streaked with brown ; streaks radiating from the eye ; 

 a series of lai'ge round brown spots along the middle of the dorsal ; 

 dorsal and anal with round spots. 



East Indian Seas. 



Var. a. liinniceps. 



Belly with large round spots. 

 He de France. 



o. Adult. Indian Ocean. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 6. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. /J. Bleekeri. 



BeUy immaculate. 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



Antennarius lacepedii, Bleek. Act. Soc. Se. Indo-Nederl. i. p. 50, 

 from Amboyna, is very similar to this species, having the round spots 

 on the dorsal fin and on the belly, but only two lobes at the ex- 

 tremity of the anterior dorsal spine. 



One of the specimens figured by Sehlegcl (Faun. Japon. Poiss. 

 " pi. 81. fig. 4), under the name of CJi. tridens, appears to mo to 

 belong to this species, having a scries of large I'ound spots on the 

 dorsal fin. 



