APPENDIX. 85 
APPENDIX. 

A Supposed DrEEP-SEA FIsH. 
Our fish was found at Cole Harbor Dyke, east of Halifax, 
early in January, and exhibited in the city on the 16th and for 
some time after. It had been thrown ashore during a storm. 
Unfortunately, the fish was not preserved in the form in which 
it was found. It was roughly skinned and the carcass was 
thrown away, so that a great part of its scientific interest is gone. 
Having never seen any fish like it, I was puzzled to characterise 
and name it. It was taken away and I never expected to see it 
again. In the meantime its general form, with the tentacles on its 
head, suggested an affinity with the Lophius piscatorius. 
A description of it given by the owner, Mr. Main, in the Hali- 
fax newspapers, led Prof. Baird to make enquiry after it with a 
view to purchase it. He suggested that it might be a Himan- 
tolophus. 
On referring to “Gunther's Introduction to the Study of 
Fishes,” I found the description of this deep-sea fish. It seemed 
to agree in many points with the appearance of the fish, while 
at the same it differed. It is now a specimen in the collection of 
the Provincial Museum. I have set it up in better form. In do- 
ing so I have at the same time studied its character, and come to 
the conclusion that it is more nearly allied to Ceratias than Hi- 
mantolophus. I quote “Gunther’s” definitions of both: 
“Twelfth Family—PEDICULATI. 
“LopHius+-Lophius piscatorius, 
“CERATIAS: Head and body much compressed and elevated ; 
cleft of the mouth wide, subvertical; eyes very small; teeth in 
the jaws rasp-like, depressible; palate toothless; skin covered with 
numerous prickles. The spinous dorsal is reduced to two long 
isolated spines—the first on the middle of the head, the second 
on the back. The soft dorsal and anal short; candal very long ; 
ventral, none; pectorals very short; two and a half gills; skele- 
ton soft and fibrous. 
