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convinced us that, although closely related, the two forms are perma- 

 nently distinct. Whether hereafter to be regarded as a species or as a 

 "subspecies," the form is a peculiar one, aud as such worthy of a Lame. 



Measurements. 



Extreme length, in inches 



Length to base caudal = 100 



Body: 



Greatest depth 



Least depth 



Head: 



Length 



Diameter of eye 



Lengtii of snout 



Length of preocular ridge 



Length of supraocular ridge 



Length of (>ccipit;il ridge 



Least width ot jut'orbital 



Width of iiitirorliitiil space 



Length of maxillary 



Length of longest gill-raker 



Dorsal : 



Length of base 



Height of tifth spine 



Height of nunubrauc between fourth and fifth spines. 



Height of longest soft ray 



Anal: 



Length of base 



Height of second spine 



Height of third spine 



Height of longest ray ^ 



Caudal, length of middle rays 



Pectoral : 



Lenath 



Width of base 



Ventral, length 



Dorsal rays 



Anal rays 



Number of transverse rows of scales 



Camatus. 

 (Monterey.) 



Xebtdostts. 

 (Monterey.) 



11.50 

 9.85 



36.5 



n.5 



36. 



9. 

 10. 



3.5 



5. 



6. 



3. 



6.3 

 18. 



2. 



63. 

 16. 

 11.2 

 15.5 



13.7 



13. 



13.1 



17.5 



16.3 



26.8 

 10.5 

 21. 

 XIILH 



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April 2, 1880. 



CHECK-liIST OF UUPIilCATES OF BfORTH AIWERICAIV FIJ^HF.S 

 DISTRl BITTED BY TBIE .SinilTII!i(Oi\IAIV IIV.STITUTD©I\ I.lf BEHALF 

 OF TOE UIVITED STATES IVATIONAIi MUSEUM, 1877-1880. 



Prepared by TARLETON H. BEAN. 



LOPHIID^. 



1. Lophius piscatorius Linn. 



Lophius americaniis Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 101, pi. xviii, fig. 2. 

 22311. Gloucester, Massachusetts. 



ANTENNARIID^. 



2. Pterophryne histrio Linn. 



Pterophryne Icevigata (Guv.) Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 1873, p. 14. 

 20662. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts (3). 



DIODONTID^. 



3. Diodon hystrix Linn. 



23779. Bermuda. 



4. Chilomycterus geometricus (Linn.) Kaup. 



9448. East coast of United States. 



147.')2. Noank, Connecticut. 



19460. Eastern shore of Virginia. 



19674. Beaufort, North Carolina. 



19719. Fort Macon, North Carolina. 



19767. 

 20074. 

 21034. 

 22911. 

 22912. 



Eastern shore of Virginia. 

 Coast of New England. 

 Newport, Rhode Island. 

 Eastern coast of United States. 



