792 KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



2.-LIST or SPECIES. 



1.— MALTHEID^. 



Malthe vespertilio (Linn.) Cuv. — Bat-fish 5 nose-fish. 



Newfoundland to Florida. 

 Malthe cubifrons Eich. — Box-headed sea-bat. 



Labrador. 

 Malthe notata (Val.) LUtken. — Spotted sea-bat. 



Southern Atlantic coast. 



2.— LOPHIID^. 



LoPHius Americanus DeKay. — Bellows-fish {Neuyort, R. I.); goose- 

 fish {Massachusetts) ; monk-fish {coast of Maine) ; also fishing-frog, 

 American angler, sea-devil, &c. 

 Nova Scotia to Cai^e Hatteras. 



3.— CERATIID^. 



HiMANTOLOPHUS GRGENLANDicus Eeinhardt.— Tufted frog-fijsh. 



Greenland. 

 Oneirodes Eschrichtii Llitken. — Eschricht's frog-fish. 



Greenland. 

 Ceratias Holbolli Kroyer. — Holboll's frog-fish. 



Greenland. 



4.— ANTENN AEIID^ . 



Pterophryne l^vigata (Cuv.) Gill. — Common frog-fish ; mouse- 

 fish ; pescador ( Ct/6a) ; toad-fish; devil-fish (Serwm^Za). 

 Pelagic ; accidental on coast. 



5.— OETHAGOEISCIDiE. 



Molacanthus nummxtlaris (Walb.) Gill. — Globe-fish. 



Pelagic; accidental on coast. 

 MoLA ROTUNDA Cuv. — Suu-flsh; pez mola {Cuba). 

 Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



* 111 giving the occurrence of any species of fish, as from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras, 

 or between other limits, it is not necessarily to be understood that specimens have 

 actually been taken at these extremes, but only at some point between them. They 

 may, however,, be looked for at other localities within the same range. 



