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Next to this genus come the species of Thalassophryne, T. 
reticulata (fig. 111), found on the shores of Panama, and 7. 
maculosa, of Bahia (Brazil), which are provided with a precisely 
similar poison-apparatus. 
The physiological action of the venom of these two species 
has not yet been studied, but it is probable that it does not 
differ from that of the venom of the Weevers and the species 
of Synanceia. 
Fic. 112.—Lophius setigerus (China Sea and Sea of Japan). (After Savtschenko.) 
6.—Pediculati. 
The fishes belonging to this family are of large size and compact 
shape, with the anterior part of the body greatly expanded. The 
head, which is broad, bears venomous spines, and the mouth is 
furnished with large teeth. These fishes are voracious, and lie 
