THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 425 
5, widely separated, large, much enlarged in young. Young with 
head spinous. 
Large fishes of sea-bottoms at moderate or great depth and 
remarkable for their great voracity. A single species on our 
shores. 
Genus Lopuius Linnzus. 
The Anglers. 
Lophius piscatorius Linnezus. 
PLATE 96. 
Bellows Fish. All Mouth. Angler. Satchel Mouth. Head Fish. 
Goose Fish. 
Width of head 2; D..I-I-I-II], u; A. 9; P. about 
26; intermaxillary width about 1% in greatest width of body; 
interorbital space 444; first dorsal spine about 24%; length of 
caudal about 314; greatest width of pectoral about 2; eye 5 in 
interorbital space; least depth of caudal peduncle 224. Caudal 
peduncle depressed. Eye elongate or ellipsoid. In jaws 4 series 
of backwardly directed sharp conic teeth, rather large, each pair 
approximated anteriorly, and each series of about equal distance 
posteriorly. Two patches of upper pharyngeal teeth. Humeral 
spine with 2 points, posterior larger and stronger. Head with a 
fringe of barbels along margin. Interorbital space broadly con- 
cave. On each side of mouth in front are 2 spines. Anterior 
dorsal spine with fleshy tip, and when depressed reaching well 
beyond base of third. Fourth dorsal spine longer than fifth. 
Rayed dorsal begins about last third in length of head and trunk. 
‘Anal begins behind dorsal. Fringe of filaments each side of body. 
Ventral very fleshy plicate, falling about first fifth in head and 
trunk, and interventral space a little greater than interorbital. 
Color chocolate-brown above, mottled finely with darker. Lower 
surface, including under surface of pectoral which has dark 
margin, soiled whitish. Anal tinted with brownish. Caudal 
