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the root of the caudal, if laid backwards. Head and body with cu- 

 taneous tentacles, those on the angle of the mouth and on the belly 

 being the most conspicuous ; each tentacle of the latter rooting in the 

 "centre of a round white spot. The second and third dorsal spines 

 fringed on the top. Ground-colour yellowish or reddish, largely 

 marbled with brown ; brown spots radiating from the eye ; most of 

 the spots edged with white. Hound white spots on the sides of the 

 body, and more crowded on the belly. 

 Seas between the Tropics. 



Var. a. pkta. 



? Guaperva sinensis, Linn^, Reise durch Westgothland, tab. 3. fig. 5 



a & h. p. 160. 

 Lophiiis, Gronov. Zooj)hf/l. no. 208. 

 Balistes, Gronov. Mus. Ichth. i. p. 53. no. 116. 

 P Lophius histrio, var. h. pictus, Bl. Schn. p. 142. 

 Chironectes pictus, Cuv. Sf V(d. xii. p. 393. pi. 364. 

 arcticus, Diib. en Kor. Vii. Akad. Handl. 1844, p. 72. tab. 3. 



figs. 4, 5 ; Ndss. Skand. Fmm. iv. p. 257. 

 Lophius histrio, Gronov. Syst. cd. Gray, p. 48 (not syn.^. 



Skin entirely smooth. The third dorsal spine nearly one-half of 

 the height of the body. The broAvn spots on the body light chestnut- 

 brown, the white spots on the belly nearly as large as the eye ; 

 irregular brown longitudinal bands on the dorsal and anal fins, those 

 on the caudal transverse. 



Young of this variety. 

 Lophius tumidus, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, p. 56 ; Osbeck, Reise nach China, 



p. 400. 

 Chironectes tumidus, Cuv. Sf Val. xii. p. 397. 



The third dorsal spine is nearly entirely enveloped in the skin. 



Atlantic ; occasionally extratropical. 

 a-h. Half-grown. West Indies. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 <^d. Young. Atlantic, betM'cen 22° and 25° N. lat. and 48° W. long. 



From Mr. Rouse's Collection. 

 e-g. Young. (? Lake Chalco, near Mexico.) Presented by Robert 



James, Esq. 

 h. Young. Open sea. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 

 i, Ji; l-n, o,p, q-r, s-w. Adult, half-groAvn, and young, 

 .r. Half-gi'own : skin. From Gronow's CoUection, 



Var. I3. 



Skin minutely granulated. The length of the third dorsal spine 

 is rather less than one-half of the height of the body. The brown 

 spots on the body light chestnut-brown ; white spots numerous, 

 nearly as large as the eye ; the bands of the dorsal are irregular; 

 oblique, those on the caudal transverse, and those on the anal irre- 

 gular and longitudinal. 



Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 

 a. Half-grown. Molucca Sea. Purchased of Mr. Fiank. 



