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b-c, d-e. Half- grow D and youiig. Indian Ocean. 



/. Half- grown. Atlantic. Presented by Captain Sir E. Bfilcher, C.B. 



g, h. Adult : not good state. 



Var. y. ranina. 



Lophius raninus, Tiles, Mem. Natur. Mosc. xi. pi. 16. 



Chironectes Itevigatus, Cuv. Mem. Mns. iii. p. 423. pi. 16. fig. 1 ; Ciiv. 



Sf Val. xii. p. 399 ; Storcr, Rep. Mass. p. 73 ; Bekay, New York 



Fauna, Fishes, p. 165. pi. 27. fig. 83. 

 Antennarius nitidus, Beim. Zoul. Jotirn. iii. p. 375. tab. 9. fig. 2. 

 Chironectes pictiis, var. vittatus, Richards. Vuy. Ereh, 4' Terr. Fishes, 



p. 15. pi. 9. figs. 3, 4. 



Skin minutely granulated. The length of the third dorsal spine is 

 one-third of the height of the body. * The brown spots blackish-brown, 

 slightly edged with white ; white spots small, and not numerous ; , 

 bands on the vertical fins broad and spot-like. 



Atlantic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Seas. 



a, b, c, d, e. Half-grown and young. China. Presented by Captain 



Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 /. Adult. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 g, h. Half-grown and young. 



Var. Z. gibba. 



Lophius gibbus, Mitch, in Phil. 8f Lit. Trans. Netv York, i. pi. 4. fig. 9, 

 and Am. Month. Mag. ii. p. 325 (from a discoloured specimen). 



Chironectes gibbus, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 164. pi. 24. 

 fig. 74. 



Skin very distinctly granulated. The length of the third dorsal 

 spine is one-third or rather less than one-third of the height of the 

 body. The brown spots on the body dark greyish-brown, with 

 narrow white edges. White spots scattered, nearly as large as the 

 eye ; the bands on the dorsal oblique, on the caudal transverse, and 

 on the anal longitudinal : all with dots of a deeper brown. 



Atlantic ; Australia. 



a, b, c. Adult and young. West coast of Africa. 



d. Adult. Australia. Presented by T. Baines, Esq. 



e, /. Adult and half-grown : not good state. 



Var. e. marmorata. 



PBatrachus mollis, Klein, 3Iiss.. in. p. 16. tab. 3. fig. 4. 



? Lophius histrio, var. marmoratus, £1. Schn. p. 142. 



Lophius geogi'aphic'is, Quoy ^ Gaitn. Voy. XJran. i. p. 355. pi. 65. 



fig. 3 (deformed). 

 •Chironectes marmoratus, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 146, Poiss. pi. 16. 



fig. 2 (bad) ; Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 402 ; Fatm. Japon. Poiss. p. 159. 



pi. 81. fig. 1. 



nesogallicua, Ciw. 8f Val. xii. p. 401 ; Bleeker, Solor, p. 84. 



Antennarius nesogallicus, Guer.-Menev. Iconoyr. iii. pi. 41. fig. 2. 

 raninus. Cant. Catal. p. 202 ; Bleek, Ceram, ii. p. 707, and Act. 



Soc. Sc. Lnih-Nederl. iii., Celebes, p. 12. 



Skin very distinctly granular. The length of the third dorsal 



