7. HiXIEUT^A. 203 



the abdominal portion ; they are compressed, the anterior and pos- 

 terior being rather elongate. The neural spines of the abdominal 

 vertebrae are confluent into a crest ; the neurals and hjcmals of tho 

 caudal vertebrae are compressed, short, inclining backwards. Kibs 

 none. 



lines. 



Length of the first eight vertebrae 24^ 



of the last eleven vertebi-^ 33^ 



— of tho first vertebra 14 



-— — "^ — • of the second vertebra 2| 



— of the third vertebra B^ 



of the fifth vertebra 4 



of the eighth vertebra 2| 



of .the fifteenth vertebra 2| 



of the eighteenth vertebra 2i 



— of the nineteenth vertebra 63 



2. Malthe cubifrons. 



Malthe cubifrons, Richards. Faun. lior. Amer. Finhes, p. 103. pi. 96, 

 cop. by Dekay, New York Fauna, F^hes, pi. 28. fig. 89 (as Malthea 

 nasuta). 



D. 4. A. 4. C. 9. V. 1/5. P. 11. 



The distance between the anterior angles of the orbit nearly equals 

 that between the posterior ; a small round butfon-Hke tubercle on 

 the torehead; the groove for the rostral tentacle is much broader 

 than high. 



Coast of Labrador. 



a. Type of the species. Labrador. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. HALIETrT.ffiA. 

 Halieutsea, Cuv. ^ Val. xii. p. 455. 



Head exceedingly large, broad, depressed, its profile being nearly 

 circular ; cleft of the mouth wide, horizoijtal. Jaws with small 

 cardiform teeth ; palate smooth. Forehead with a transverse bony 

 bridge, beneath which is a tentacle retractile into a cavity. Body 

 and head covered with small spines. Only one soft and short dorsal 

 fin ; anal equally short. Gill-openings on the upper part of the 

 axil ; branchiostegals five ; gills two and a half, the anterior arcus 

 branchialis not having any laminae. 



Seas of China and Japan. 



1. Halieutaea stellata. 



Lophius stellatus, Wahl, Skr. Naturh. Kjobcnh. iv. p. 214. tab. 3. 

 figs. .3, 4; Bl. Sch?i.-p. 142. 



f&ujua, Lacdp. i. p. 318. 



mui'icatiis, Shaw, Zoul. v. p. 382. pi. 162. 



Tiles. Krusenst. Heist; taf. (31. figs. 3, 4. 



