574 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1908. 



histories of both are remarkable, and little is known about them to 

 most persons, for the information respecting them is ^Yidelv scat- 



FiG. 7. — An Angler of the Cliagos archipelago {iSladenki yardincri). J uat size. 



After Regan. 



tered and published in volumes not generally accessible. To bring- 

 together data so distributed, and to correct certain common errors 

 are the objects of the present article. 



Fig. 8. — Skeleton of an Antennariid (Chaunax coloratus). After Garman. 



The family of Antennariids is segregated from all others by a 

 combination of characters. The body and head are more or less 

 compressed, or at least not notably depressed as in the anglers; the 



