172 TKLEOSTEI : I'EDICL'I.ATI. — XXIII. 



247. MALTHE Cuvier. (fxciXfiq, a name of some soft-lxxlied 



fl.sh.) 



4K5. M. vespertilio (L.). Bat-fish. Diablo. Dark pray, 

 retldi.-^li IhIow; forclirud pruduccfl in a long rough process of varia- 

 ble length. D. I, 1. A. 4. L. 6. Warm seas, rarely N. (Lat., 

 bat.) 



Fa-mily XCV. ANTENNARIIDuE. (Thk Fuog-fishks.) 



Head and body somewhat compressed, the mouth nearly vertical, 

 the chin {)rojecting; gill openiu'^s small, jjoredike, in lower axil of 

 P. S[»inous D. of 1 to 3 isolated tentacles. Genera .0; species 

 40, living in lloating seaweed, etc., in warm seas. (Lat., antenna, a 

 feeler.) 



a. Head compressed; dorsal .spines 3; skin smooth with many fleshy taps; V. 

 long Pteroi'Mkyxe, 248. 



248. PTEROPHRYNE (iill. (rrTf pdv, wing; ^pvi/17, toad.) 



48G. P. histrio (L.). MofSE-Fi.sii. Yellowish, much marbled; 

 wrist slender. Head 2^ ; depth 1 f. D. HI-H. A. 7. V. 5. L. 5. 

 "Warm seas, occasional N. (Lat., stage-player.) 



F.\Mii.Y XCVL LOPHIID^. (Tue Angleks.) 



Head wide, depressed, very large ; body contracted, tapering, 

 scarcely longer than head ; mouth enormously wide, with a stomach 

 proportionate; teeth very strong, unecjual, some of them long, sharp 

 canines and most of them depressihle ; strong teeth on vomer and 

 palatines. Gill openings large, in lower a.xil of P. Skin smooth, 

 with many dermal (lajjs. Spinous D, of .3 isolated tentacles, and 3 

 spines j(/ined by membrane, the first spine enlarged at tip ami ex- 

 tending over the mouth, said to serve as a bait for snialler fishes. 

 One genus with 3 or more species, large fishes of the cool seas, 

 remarkable for voracity. 



249. LOPHIUS (.Vrtedi) Linnajus. (Old name from \6<j)os, 

 crest.) 



487. L. piacatoriua L. GoosE-Fisn. Anoi.er. Fishixo- 

 FRofJ. All-moutii. Hello\vs-fi.'*u. Brownish, mottled ; mouth 

 behind tongue, unspotted. D. HI-HI, 10. A. 9. V. I, 5. L. 3 

 feet or more. N. Atl., 8. to Gape Lookout, common N. The eggs 

 of this fish are remarkable, in ribbon-like bands, pink in color, 30 to 

 40 feet long and a foot in width. These float near the surface in 

 summer. (Lat., fishing.) 



With this monstrous creature, unexcelled for pure ugliness in 

 tlie class to which it belongs, we may close the long series of 

 fishes. 



