182 PEDICULATI, 



the humeral spine. The lateral teeth of the intermaxillary are 

 smaller and more numerous than in the European species, to which 

 otherwise it bears the strongest resemblance. Sir A. Smith states 

 seven or eigrht rays for the dorsal and anal fins. 



2. BRACHIONICHTHYS* 



Chironectes, pt., Cut: Refjne Aniw. 



Brachionichthvs, Bleeker, NaUmrh. Tydsdtr. Nedirl. Ind. vii. 1854, 

 p. 121. 



Head large, high, compressed ; cleft of the mouth directed for- 

 wards ; jaws with cardiform teeth ; palate smooth. Body smooth, 

 or covered with minute spines. Three slender dorsal spines, the two 

 posterior of which are connected by a membrane "with each other 

 and with the soft portion ; the anterior modified into a tentacle, 

 situated above the snout. The soft dorsal is longer than the anal. 

 Stomach of moderate siip ; pyloric appendages none. Air-bladder 

 absent. 



Sea of Tasmania. 



1. Brachionichthys hirsutus. 



Lophius hirsutus, Lacep. Ann. Mus. iv. p. 202. pi. 55. fig. 3. 

 Chironectes punctatus, Cuv. Mem. Mus. iii. p. 434. pi. 18. fig. 2. 



hirsxitus, Cuv. l^ Val. xii. p. 434. 



Brachionichthys hirsutus, Blcek. I. c, 8c Visschen van Van Diemen's 



Land, p. 22. fig. 2. 

 Skeleton : Cuv. I. c. fig. 5. 



D. 1 I 2 I 19. A. 9. P. 7. V. 1/4. Vert. 12/10. 

 The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. Skin 

 rough. The anterior dorsal spine is free, terminating in a small 

 lobe ; the two others are joined into one fin, separate from the soft 

 dorsal. Brownish-grey, with brown dots ; a black spot on the second, 

 bird and fourth dorsal rays. 

 Van Diemen's Land. 



2. Brachionichthys laevis. 



Lophius laevis, Lacep. I. c. fig. 4. 



Chu'onectes unipennis, Cuv. I. c. p. 435. pi. 18. fig. 3. 



Isevis, Cuv. S,- Val. xii. p. 437. 



D.^. A. 9. P. 7. V. 1/4. 



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The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. Skin 

 nearly smooth, covered with minute spines. The dorsal spines are 

 connected with one another and with the soft dorsal by a membrane, 

 which, however, is notched between the first and second spines and 

 between the third and the soft dorsal. Keddish-brown. 



Hah. ? 



* Seba, i. 74. 3, Cuv. <f- Vnl. xii. p. 433, may belong to this genus. 



