4. ANTENNARIUS. 19J 



7. Antennarius tridens. 



Chironectes tridens, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Puiss. p. 159. pi. 81. fiffs 2 

 3&5; Bleck. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv., Japan, p. 47. ' 



D. 3 I 11-12. A. 7. P. 10. 

 _ The anterior dorsal spine is longer than the second, and terminates 

 in three cutaneous flaps ; a fold of the skin extends from the third 

 dorsal spme to the soft dorsal. The soft dorsal fui terminates at 

 some distance from the caudal, and its last ray does not extend to the 

 caudal, if laid backwards. Skin very rough, covered with smaU 

 spines; body without any fringes or tentacles. Ground-colour 

 yellowish ; head and body with more or less numerous brown spots 

 those round the eye forming radiating streaks ; the spots are some- 

 times reduced to mere specks ; dorsal fin with smaU spots of irre- 

 gular shape, not forming a series. 

 Seas of China and Japan. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Eeeves, Esq. 



8. Antennarius moluccensis. 



Bheher, Amboina, \i. p. 424. 



I). 3 I 12-13. A. 8. P. 11. 



The anterior dorsal spine is of moderate length, with a short 

 ciliated flap; the second and third broadly webbed posteriorly, 

 bkin rough, without cutaneous fringes. Body and fins with irre- 

 gular oblong black spots ; a reticulated rose-coloured band from the 

 back to the pectoral ; a series of four rose-coloured spots along the 

 side of the body, reticulated with black ; a similar spot on the back 

 ot the tail and on the membrane behind the second dorsal spine • 

 fins deep violet, or densely spotted towards the margin, and with the 

 tips of the rays yeUowish. A rose-coloured cross-band on the base 

 ot the caudal, reticulated with black ; several other black transverse 

 streaks on the remainder of the fin. 



Seas of Amboyna and Goram. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



9. Antennarius coccineus. 



Chironectes coccineiis, Less. ^- Gam. Voij. Coq. Pom. p. 143. pi. 16. 

 tig. 1 ; Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 430. ^ 



D. 3 I 12. A. 7. 



The head and the snout are so short, that the cleft of the mouth 

 a^scends m an obhque line, which is somewhat directed backwards, 

 ihe anterior dorsal spine is short, stiff, terminating in a small 

 simple tentacle situated between the eyes. Skin rouo-h covered 

 with smaU spines, without cutaneoiLS fringes. The third dorsal 

 spine IS nearly entirely hidden in the skin. Eed, clouded with 

 Itlackish and grepsh ; region above the pectoral blackish. 



Mauritius. 



