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The name angler, which is almost universally used for the fi hi 

 of this genus in books, is nail)- a book name, and nol on* ral 



among shoremen and fishermen. It wa . indeed, i pecially 

 coined for the Lophius piscatorius b; the English litterateur and 

 naturalist, Thomas Pennant, in 1 77 r ' ; in his British Zoology, as hi 

 says, he " changed the old nam.- of // / for the mon 



one of angler," simpl) because he did nol like the former, which 

 was one of the popular names. But there was no lack oi real 

 nacular names. In England, I- th< re are fi 



fish, toad-fish, pot ket fish, mo\ 



ap and kettle-maw, and these are supplemented by 

 other local names in Wales, Scotland and [reland. In America 

 another sel of names replaces the Engli h one . The mosl common 

 along the Massachus< I in Rhode [sland hello 



fish is in use; in Connecticut, na be heard, and in North 



Carolina allmouth. ( >ne who has looked into the va-t cavit) behind 

 the jaws will concede the aptness of the lasl name. 



Although Angler is nol a true vernacular nam'- for the Lophius, 

 it is an analogue of names in popular use in other countrie 

 Pecheur or Poisson pecheur at Bordeaux, Pe Lome and 



other pla< es in Italy, and Petricia at .Malta. The modern Gr< 

 have adopted the Italian name with a modified form ( Peskandritza 

 or Peskantritza) into their own language; a true Greek word, 

 Batrachopsaro ( Frogfish) is also in vogue at some places ( Patr; 

 Among the Ancients it was known dling 



it Batrachos o alieus ; th< : Batrachus marim 



III 

 The angler's horizontal as well tical range is great, and 



rs a large portion of the North Atlantic on both sides, when 

 temperature may range between 32 and 60 F. perhaps ■ 

 higher. On the eastern side il mon in th terranean and 



along th( of Europe, b( • oming ommon along 



the Scandinavian shores to the northward : it wanders upward. ! 

 ever, to the North Cape and the Faroe Islands. 1 Along the American 



-t it is most common in the comparatively shallow waters of 

 England, and in deeper water about Nova Scotia and Newfoundland 

 to the north, and as far to the south a ' There- 



is some reason to think that south of Cape Cod il 

 water in summer." 



the identification be corn »th Africa. 



