480 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC JiASIN. 



Newfouiidlaiul. Tlie iiiiiseninofMio, Essex Institnte lias aspeciincii about 4 iiiclics in lciij>th, 

 tak(Mi on the Bnnks oi' NcwfoiindlMnd in lS,'»(),by L. J.Jolinson. This is inoliably the most 

 northern recorded oeeurrence of the spcu'ies in the western Atlantic, except an nnconlirmed 

 statement by Pennant of its a])pearance in Hudson's Bay. 



It fie(|nents the moderate depths along the coast from Novn Scotia to Virginia and ,\t 

 greater depth as far south as the Antilles. The Blake obtained it off Barbados at a depth 

 of 20!) fathoms (station iv), and at 84 fathoms in latitude 23° 13', longitude 89° 10' (station 



CCLVII). 



The Fink JTairk tr.iwled it at station 826. Another specimen (No. 2(>170), 20 centi- 

 meters long, containing imnmture ova, was taken at station 894, at a depth of 305 fathoms; 

 also a large sjiecimen with immature ova (No. 20098), from station 876, ]20 fathoms; and a 

 smaller one, perhaps two years old (Xo. 20070), from station S7S, 142.i fathoms. 



The Albatross obtained young individuids at station 2025 and station 2421. 



Giinther has admitted it to the list of abyssal forms on the authority of the observations 

 of American naturalists. It has since been announced that the Talisniati obtained it at 

 400 to 700 nii'ters (stations cx, cxi, cxiii a, (ixxiii) about the Azores and Cape Verdes. 



Family ANTENNARIID.^. 



AntennariUhv, (iii.L, I'roc. Acail. Nat. Sci., I'liiln., 18liH, yi. S!(. — Arrai)};eiiiont, I'amilies of Fishes, 2 (No. 131); 

 Proc. U. S. N. M., I, 1S7S, pp. 215, 22.3.— ,Ini;i>AN it Gii.BHur, P,ull. xvi, V. S. N. M., 81,-i. 



Pediculates witii hcail and body more or less compressed. Mouth opening upwards, 

 vertical or very oblique; jaws with cardiform teeth. Gill openings in or behind the lower 

 axils of the pectorals small and porclilvc. No ])seuilobriin<'hia'. Skin naked, smooth, or 

 prickly. Pectoral members distinctly geniculated. I'seudobrachia long, with 3 actinosts. 

 Ventral fins well developed, jugular, approximated. Spinous dorsal of 1 to 3 .separated 

 tentacle-like spines; soft dorsal, larger than anal. Pyloric cteca none. 



PTEROPHRYNE, Gill. 



ri('ro)ihrijn(, (JllJ., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'hila., xv, ISOo, ill); I'nx-. V. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1.S7S, 21(;. 

 I'tirnphr]i>undea, GiLl., Proo. U. S. Nat. Miis., I, 1878, 216 (iiaiiic )iio]>os«il ;is an alternate for rteri>i>hrtnii\ if 

 the latter is too near to I'terophriintis). 



Antennariids with skin naked and smooth; c;iudiil jicduncle free; mouth oblique; 

 dorsal spines com})]etely exserted; soft dorsal nnd anal expanded vertically; pectorals and 

 wrists slender, and ventrals elongated. 



PTEROPHRYNE HISTRIO, (Linnaeus), GiLi,. 



LojMux lihlrio, LlNN.nu.s Syst. Nat., ed. xil, 1766, I, 493. 



rierophriiiie hislrio, fiii.L, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 18G:!. !1(); Proc. r: S. Nat. Mns.. i. 1878. 216 (with full 



synonymy). 

 Antennarius marmoratus. — GOnther, Cat. Fish. IJiit. Mus., in, 187. 



A description of this species in its jji-otean manifestations of form and color seems 

 scarcely necessary here, since its characters are well known to every tyro in ichthyology. 



The specimens before us are all apparently of the type referred to by Guntheu under 

 the variety E. (Cat. Fish. P>rit. Mus., Ill, p. 187), the Antcnnarivs itiarmornfiis of Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes. 



A specimen was obtained by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer lilalr off St. Vincent, in 

 the West Indies (station in), at a depth of 404 fathoms, and another by the U. S. Fi.sli Com- 

 nussion steamer Albatross, at the surface, near station 210S. There is, of course, no i>ositive 

 evidence that the Blake's specimen actually came from the bottom. 



ANTENNARIUS, Cuvier. 



Anlennar'ius, Ci'VIER, R('i;no Animal, od. I. 1817, II, 310 (wrongly rrcditod to Commorsnn, ■who -w.asnot hino- 



mial).— GiiNTiiKU, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., in, 183.— (Jill, Proc. Aca.l. Nat. Sci., I'hila., xv, 1863, 90. 

 Cheironecten, CuviKR, Rc'<;ne Animal, c<\. 2, 1829, ii, 252, note (Preoccupied in Maniniali)i!;,y, Illiscr, 1811). 



Antennariids having body covered with spines generally forked ; caudal peduncle free ; 

 mouth moderate, oblique ; pectorals and wrists widened; ventrals short; anal oblong. 



