4. ANTENNARIUS. 193 



Var. a. Commersonii. 



A small white spot above the axil of the pectoral. P. 11. 



lie de France and Amboyna. 

 a. Fine specimen : ten inches long. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. 

 Frank. 



Var. /3. Cantoris. 



On the back, above the lateral line and in front of the fii'st arti- 

 culated ray, an oblique rose-coloured (in life) spot, within which a 

 black ring ; at the root of the caudal, above and below, two similar 

 smaller spots, and one on the side between the pectoral and anal 

 fins ; on the posterior part of the caudal a broad siibmarginal rose- 

 coloured band, within which four somewhat undiilating black Unes, 

 edged with black. Between the third and ninth caudal rays a rose- 

 coloured cross-band, divided in the middle by a black line. The 

 other fins with a broad submarginal rose-coloured band, edged with 

 black. P. 9. 



Sea of Singapore. 



Var. y. Musei britannici. 



Brownish-black; throat with indistinct undulating black lines. 

 Top of the third dorsal spine white ; a narrow and short white cross- 

 band before the first dorsal ray ; anal and dorsal fins ^\-ith a narrow 

 white posterior margin ; caudal -with two white cross-bars, one near 

 the root, the other across the posterior margin. P. 9. 



Eab. ? 



a. Fine specimen. 



13. Antennarius principis. 



Chironectes principis, pt., Cm: ^- Val. xii. p. 416 (the second figure 

 with " tout le coi-ps noir," &c.). 



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



The anterior dorsal spine is twice as long as the second, termi- 

 nating in a small slender lobe. The membrane behind the third 

 spine extends to the root of the soft dorsal fin. The latter terminates 

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

 the base of the caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spines, with- 

 out cutaneous fringes. Black ; tips of the pectoral and ventral fins 

 and a small spot above the pectoral white. 



Tropical parts of the Western Atlantic, 

 a. Fine specimen. Para. 

 h. Half-grown : rather discoloured. 



14. Antennarius horridus. 



Bleekei; Solor, p. 83. 



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

 Anterior doraal spine of moderate length, terminating in a simple 



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