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4c. D. 15, A. 8. Caudal peduncle with dorsal and anal attached by mem- 

 brane ; skin Bmooth; mouth vertical; dorsal spines scarcely exserted 



from skin Histiophryne. 



3&. First and second dorsal spines connected; the first slender, but rigid, and 



with tentacle at end Saccarius. 



1&. Head cuboid ; a rostral spine or tentacle only developed ; soft dorsal low. 



Chaunacin^. 

 Chaunax. 



The references to the original descriptions of these genera, as well as 

 to their typical species and habitats, are indicated in the following enu- 

 meration : — 



BRACHIONICHTHYIN^. 



SYMPTERICHTHYS. 



Sympterichthys, Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 1, p. 222, 1878. 

 Type: Sympterichthys laevis — Lophius laevis Lac, 

 Sea near Van Diemen's Land. 



BKACHIONICHTHYS. 



Braohionichthys, Bleeker, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind., t. 7, p. 131, 1854. 

 Type : Braohionichthys hirsutus = Lophius hirsutus Lao. 

 Sea near Van Diemen's Land. 



ANTENNARIIN^. 



PTEROPHRYNE. 



Pterophryne, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., [v. 15,] p. 90, 1863. 

 Type : Pterophryne histrio = Lophius histrio Linn. 

 Tropicalia and warm streams in floating seaweeds. 



ANTENNARIUS. 



Autennarius, Commerson, Lac^pMe, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, t. 1, p. 421, 1798. 

 Les Chironectes (Autennarius), Cmncr, R^gue Animal, 1^ 6d., t. 2, p. 310, 1817. 

 Ohironectes, Cuvier, M^m. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., t. 3, p. 418, 1817 (not lUiger). 



Type: Autennarius chironectes Comm. 



Tropicalia, in coral groves chiefly. 



HISTIOPHRYNE. 



Histiophryne, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., [v. 15,] p. 90, 1863. 

 Type : Histiophryne Bougainvillii = Chironectes Bougainvillii Cuv. ^ Vol. 

 Unknown. 



SACCARIUS. 



Saccarius, Giinther, Cat. Fishes in Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 183, 1861. 

 Type: Saccarius lineatus G/7ir. 

 Sea off New Zealand. 



CHAUNACINAE. 



CHAUNAX. 



Chaunax, Loive, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, v. 3, p. 339, 1846-49. 

 Typo : Chaunax pictus Lowe. 

 Atlantic Ocean off the island of Madeira. 



