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base of the dorsal ; one vertically beneath this, opposite the anus; a third at the base of the 
caudal; numerous black points distributed oyer the surface of the body. Dorsal and caudal 
fins irregularly banded. ; 
D. (?). P. (2). V.(?) <A. (2)-'-C. (?)- Length, (2). 
Gulf of Mexico, Parra. 
Pescador, Parra, p. 1, pl. 1. 
Le Chironecte a ocelles, Chironectes ocellatus, Cuv. et VAL., x11. p. 419. 
5. Chironectes multiocellatus, Cuv. 
Red, with various black or blackish spots and lines. Upon the eighth, ninth, and tenth 
rays of the dorsal is a black ocellus, surrounded with a white circle ; between the third and 
fourth ray a half-ocellus, bordered like the former ; another upon the anal ; three in the form 
of a triangle upon the caudal, and one upon the side, back of the pectorals. Its first ray is 
very long and slender, and without a tuft. 
D.@). P. (2). V.(@) A.(2). ©.@). Length, (2). 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. ‘ 
Le Chironecte 4 beaucoup d’ocelles, Chironectes multiocellatus, Cuy. et VaL., x11. p. 420. 
GENUS III. MALTHEA, Cuy. 
Body with a hard and tubercular skin, and furnished with fleshy filaments. 
Mouth small, prominent, protractile, and placed under the snout. From be- 
neath the snout arises a process supported by a bony ray and terminating in 
several fleshy threads. 
1. Malthea vespertilio, Cuv. 
Pale reddish-brown above, lighter beneath. Skin rough, covered with numerous pointed 
tubercles. Snout elongated into a point. 
D.4. P.1l. V.5. A.4. C.9. Length, 8 to 18 inches. 
Newfoundland, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Diablo, Parra, p. 5, pl. 4. 
Lophius vespertilio, Lin., Syst. Nat. 
fs cs Brocs, iv. p. 8, pl. 110. 
sf “ Sea-Bat, Brownr’s Jamaica, p. 457, pl. 48. 
Lophius rostratus, Lin., Beaked Angler, Saaw’s Gen. Zool., v. p. 383, pl. 163. 
La Malthée vespertilion, Malthea vespertilio, Cuv. et Vau., x11. p. 440. 
Malthea vespertilio, Bat-Malthea, Dexay’s Report, p. 167. 
2. Malthea nasuta, Sepa. 
Preserved in spirits, of a grayish white above, with brown blotches. Caudal and pecto- 
rals whitish, with small round spots. Grayish white beneath. Skin granulated throughout 
