196 PEDICTJLATI. 



the dorsal and anal fins, and the other fins nearly entirely, marbled 

 with brown. 



East Indian Seas. Red Sea. 



a. Adult. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



18. Antennarins notophthalmns. 

 Bleek. Natmirk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. v. .1853, p. 544. 

 D. 3 1 12. A. 7. P. 9. 



Anterior dorsal spine of moderate length, with a ciliated tentacle 

 at its extremity. Skin rough, with short scattered tentacles. Olive- 

 violet : body, pectoral and ventral fins reticulated Avith black ; ver- 

 tical fins with irregular oblique black streaks ; dorsal with a large 

 black, yellow-edged ocellus between the base of the eighth and 

 eleventh rays ; another superiorly on the base of the caudal. Tips 

 of the fin-rays yeUow ; tentacles yellow, except those on the head, 

 which have a black extremity. {Bl.) 



East Indian Archipelago. 



19. Antennarius ocellatns. 



Parra, p. 1. tab. 1. 



Lophius histrio, var. oceUatus, Bl, Schn. p. 14.3. 



Chironectes ocellatus, Cuv. 8f Val. xii. p. 419 ; Poey, Mem. Cub. p. 219. 



The anterior dorsal spine short, with the extremity cuneiform. 

 Skin rough. Whitish ; a black ocellus on the middle of the base of 

 the dorsal, another on the body, opposite the vent ; some other 

 scattered spots on the fins. 



Caribbean Sea. 



This species is founded solely on the authority of Parra, none of 

 the naturalists quoted having recognized it. 



20. Antennarius biocellatns. 



Chironectes biocellatus, Cut. Mem. Mus. iii. p. 427. pi. 17. fig. 3 (bad) ; 

 Cuv. iSf Val. xii. p. 417 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Jndo-Nederl. vi., Am- 

 hoina, xi. p. 4. 



D. 3 1 12. A. 7. 



The anterior dorsal spine is shorter than the second, terminating 

 in two short and slender flaps. Skin rough, with scattered short 

 cutaneous fringes. Brown : an irregiilar black band descends from 

 before the dorsal fin towards the pectoral, another from the second 

 dorsal spine to the angle of the mouth ; sides with some scattered 

 black spots. A black ocellus on the base of the dorsal fin between 

 the ninth and tenth rays, another near the back of the il and the 

 root of the caudal. 



Atlantic. Amboyna. 



Bleeker refers a specimen from Amboyna to this species, and de- 

 scribes the colours as follows : — 



