4. AXTEXNAUIU:*. 191 



7. Aiitennarius tridens. 



Chivoiioctes tridoiifi, Schler/. Faioi. Japan. Puisa. p. 159. pi. 81. fig.-?. 2, 

 3&5; Block. Vcrhand. Batar. Genootsch. xxv., Japan, p. 47. 



D. 3 I 11-12. A. 7. P. 10. 



The anterior doi-sal spine is longer than the second, and terminates 

 in three cutaneous flaps ; a fold of the skin extends from the third 

 dorsal spine to the soft dorsal. The soft dorsal fin terminates at 

 some distance from the caudal, and its last ray does not extend to the 

 caudal, if laid backwards. Skin very rough, covered Avith small 

 spines ; body without any fringes or tentacles. Ground-colour 

 yellowish ; head and body with more or less numerous brown spots, 

 those round the eye forming radiating streaks ; the spots are some- 

 times reduced to mere specks ; dorsal fin with small spots of irre- 

 gular shape, not forming a series. 



Seas of China and Japan. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Ileevcs, Escj. 



8. Antennarius moluccensis. 

 Bleeko; Amhoina, vi. p. 424. 



1). 3 I 12-13. A. 8. P. 11. 



The anterior dorsal spine is of moderate length, with a short 

 ciliated fiap ; the second and third broadly webbed posteriorly. 

 Skin rough, without cutaneous fringes. Body and fins with irre- 

 gular oblong black spots ; a reticulated rosc-coloui'ed band from the 

 back to the pectoral ; a series of four rose-coloured spots along the 

 side of the body, reticulated vnth. black ; a similar spot on the back 

 of the tail and on the membrane behind the second dorsal spine ; 

 fins deep violet, or densely spotted towards the margin, and with the 

 tips of the rays yellowish. A rose-coloured cross-band on the base 

 of the caudal, reticulated with black ; several other black transverse 

 streaks on the remainder of the fin. 



Seas of Amboyna and Goram. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



9. Antennarius coccineus. 



Chironectes coccineus, Less. ^- Gam. Voy, Coq. Pom. p. 14.'{. pi. IG. 

 fig. 1; Citv. Sf Val xii. p. 430. 



D. 3 I 12. A. 7. 



The head and the snout are so short, that the cleft of the mouth 

 ascends in an oblique line, which is somewhat directed backwards. 

 The anterior dorsal spine is short, stiff, terminating in a small 

 simple tentacle situated between the eyes. Skin rough, covered 

 with small spines, without cutaneous fringes. The third dorsal 

 spine is nearly entirely hidden in the skin. Red, clouded with 

 blackish and greyish ; region abo\e the pectoral bluckish. 



Mauritius. 



