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3. PTEROPHRYNE HISTRIO (Linnaeus). 
Lophius histrio Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1758, p. 327; China, after Lophius 
pinnis dorsrtlibus tribus of Lagerstrom; may be any Histrio of Asiatic waters. 
f Lophius histrio var. marmoratus Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 142; after a 
figure of Klein, locality unknown, called Batrachus mollis Klein, Missus 
III, 1742, p. 16, pi. XIV, fig. 4, white spots very few; may be any Pterophryne. 
Chironectes marmoratus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1846, p. 159, pi. lxxxi, fig. 
1; Nagasaki. 
Antennarius marmoratus of most recent authors. 
Head measured to gill opening 2 in length, depth If; width 5; 
length of tail 3; caudal peduncle 6f ; length of maxillary 5; snout 2i 
in maxillai'}^; eye 2 in snout; snout to end of actinosts If in length; 
Fig. 2. — Pterophryne histrio. 
height of dorsal, anal, and caudal rays each 3 in length of body; base 
of dorsal tin If. Pectoral and ventral fin each 4 in length. D. III-12; 
A. 7; C. 8; P. 10; V. 5. Height and position of dorsal spines essen- 
tially as in J^. ranlni/s^ except that the tentacle on first spine is smaller; 
mouth oblique; skin not very loose; filaments numerous, rather stout, 
high, those on jaw and belly specially so; dorsal, pectoral and ventral 
fins with very small filaments — anal, and caudal fins free from them. 
Color pale yellowish, with grayish tinge, marbled with blackish 
streaks punctuated by a few dots of the ground color; belly with faint 
blackish dots, filaments on belly immaculate; streaks on fins forming 
irregular bands; four cross bands on caudal very distinct, with sharp 
edges; marking around head on same general plan as that of 1\ ranl/ia, 
