7. HALIEUr^EA. 203 



the abdominal portion ; they are compressed, the anterior and pos- 

 terior being rather elongate. The neural spines of the abdominal 

 vertebrae are confluent into a crest ; the neurals and hajmals of the 

 caudal vertebrae are compressed, short, inclining backwards. Ribs 

 none. 



lines. 



Length of the first eight vertebrae 24j 



of the last eleven vertebrae 33 1 



of the fii'st vertebra li 



of the second vertebra 2^ 



of the thii'd vertebra 3.^ 



of the fifth vertebra 4 



of the eighth vertebra 2| 



of the fifteenth vertebra 2| 



of the eighteenth vei'tebra 2^ 



of the nineteenth vertebra 6 



2. Malthe cubifrons. 



Malthe cubifrons, Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, p. 103. pi. 90, 

 cop. by Dekay, New Turk Fauna, Fishes, pi. 28. fig. 89 (as Maltbea 

 nasuta). 



D. 4. A. 4. C. 9. V. 1/5. P. 11. 



The distance between the anterior angles of the orbit nearly equals 

 that between the posterior ; a small round button-like tubercle on 

 the forehead ; the groove for the rostral tentacle is much broader 

 than high. 



Coast of Labrador. 



a. Type of the species. Labrador. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. HALIEUT^A. 

 Halieutsea, Cuv. ^- Val. xii. p. 455. 



Head exceedingly large, broad, depressed, its profile being nearly 

 circular ; cleft of the mouth wide, horizontal. Jaws with small 

 cardiform teeth ; palate smooth. Forehead with a transverse bony 

 bridge, beneath which is a tentacle retractile into a cavity. Body 

 and head covered with small spines. Only one soft and short dorsal 

 fin ; anal equally shoi-t. Gill-openings on the upper part of the 

 axil ; branchiostegals five ; gUls two and a half, the anterior arcus 

 branchialis not having any laminae. 



Seas of China and Japan. 



1. Halieutaea stellata. 



Lophius stellatus, Wahl, Skr. Naturh. Kjohoih. iv. p. 214. tab. 3. 

 figs. .3, 4 ; Bl Schii. p. 142. 



faujas, Laccp. i. p. 318. 



muvicatus, Shaw, Znol. v. p. 382. pi. 1(32. 



Tiles. Krusenst. Rcise, taf. 61. figs. 3, 4. 



