40 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
We take great pleasure in naming this interesting species for 
Charles Cleveland Nutting, professor of zoology, University 
of Iowa, and director of the University of Iowa Expedition to 
Barbados and Antigua in 1918, in recognition of his valuable 
studies of the aquatic fauna of the West Indies. 
The type is in the Museum of the State University of Iowa. 
51. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linneus). Flying Robin; 
Flying Gurnard. 
Trigla volitans Linneus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 302, 1758. 
Cephalacanthus volitans, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 2183, pl. 323, fig. 
778; Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 285, fig. 86. 
One specimen (no. 91), 12.75 inches long, obtained June 4, 
at Barbados. 
Head 4; depth 5.7; D. II-IV, 8; A. 6. Pectorals developed 
into long wing-like structures extending to caudal peduncle; 
head ineased in a bony ease; preopereular spine very long. 
Color in aleohol greenish, lighter below; pectorals darker; 
soft dorsal rays with dark spots. 
52. Antennarius multiocellatus (Cuv. & Val.). 
Tiger Fishingfrog. 
Chironectes multiocellatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 422, 1837, 
Martinique. 
Antennarwus multiocellatus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 2724. 
One specimen (no. 90), 4.5 inches long, taken at Barbados. 
Anterior dorsal spine terminating in 2 cutaneous flaps or 
bait, the second spine slightly longer than eye, its origin on: line 
with anterior edge of orbit, the third thick and connected with 
the dorsal by a wide, thick membrane; no dermal flaps. 
Color in aleohol yellowish, with several black spots or ocelli, 
there being 2 very distinct ones on soft dorsal, 3 on caudal, and 
others on various parts of body. 
53. Dibranchus atlanticus Peters. 
Dibranchus atlanticus Peters, Monats. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, 736 
with plate, West Africa; Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 2743. 
One specimen (no. 89), 10.5 inches long, taken July 4, at 
Needham Point, Barbados. 
Disk somewhat triangular; forehead and snout depressed ; 
snout less than eye; body covered with strong tubercles and 
short spines; no teeth on vomer or palatines. 
Color in alechol grayish above, lighter below; caudal blackish 
at tip. 
