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  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  927 
  

  

  572.— 
  ONEIRODES 
  Liitken. 
  (471) 
  

  

  1648. 
  Oneirodes 
  eschrichti 
  Liitken. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1309) 
  

  

  573.— 
  HIMANTOLOPHUS 
  Reinhardt. 
  (472) 
  

  

  1649. 
  Himantolophus 
  grcenlandicus 
  Reinhardt. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1310) 
  

  

  1650. 
  Himantolophus 
  reinhardti 
  Liitken. 
  B. 
  G. 
  (1311) 
  

  

  Family 
  CLIL— 
  MALTHID^. 
  (126) 
  

  

  574.— 
  MALTHE 
  Cuvier. 
  (473) 
  

  

  1651. 
  Malthe 
  vespertilio 
  Linnaeus. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (1312) 
  

   1651b. 
  Malthe 
  vespertilio 
  radiata 
  1 
  Mitchill. 
  S. 
  (1313) 
  

  

  1652. 
  Malthe 
  elater 
  2 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  P. 
  

  

  575.— 
  HALIEUTICHTHYS 
  Poey. 
  (474) 
  

  

  1653. 
  Halieutichthys 
  aculeatus 
  Mitchill. 
  W. 
  (1314) 
  

  

  576.— 
  HALIEUT-ZEA 
  Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes. 
  (475) 
  

  

  1654. 
  Halieuteea 
  senticosa 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (1315) 
  

  

  Order 
  CC.-PLECTOGNATHI. 
  (W.) 
  

   Family 
  OLIII.— 
  OSTRACIID^. 
  (476) 
  

  

  577— 
  OSTRACION 
  Linnaeus. 
  (476) 
  

   § 
  Lactophrys. 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  1655. 
  Ostracion 
  triquetmm 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  (1316 
  6.) 
  

  

  1656. 
  Ostracion 
  trigonum 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  (1316) 
  

  

  1657. 
  Ostracion 
  tricorne 
  3 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (1317) 
  

  

  niiual 
  joint, 
  a 
  large 
  intermediate 
  globular 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  sub-peduuculated 
  lateral 
  

   dorsal 
  appendages 
  near 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin, 
  and 
  well-developed 
  pectorals 
  of 
  

   about 
  15 
  rays. 
  

  

  " 
  Cryptopsaras 
  couesii. 
  — 
  The 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  rod-like 
  spine 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  con- 
  

   cealed 
  and 
  procumbent, 
  and 
  the 
  distal 
  joint 
  alone 
  free, 
  reaching 
  backward 
  to 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  tubercles; 
  the 
  bulb 
  is 
  pyriform 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  whitish 
  filament; 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  have 
  each 
  4 
  spines, 
  the 
  caudal 
  8 
  (the 
  4 
  middle 
  dichotomous), 
  and 
  

   the 
  pectorals 
  each 
  about 
  15 
  rays. 
  The 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  named 
  after 
  the 
  eminent 
  orni- 
  

   thologist, 
  Dr. 
  Elliott 
  Coues. 
  The 
  name 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Greek 
  cruptos 
  (concealed,) 
  

   and 
  psaras 
  (fisherman), 
  and 
  has 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  concealed 
  'rod' 
  or 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  spine 
  or 
  fishing 
  apparatus." 
  

  

  1 
  Malthe 
  cubifrons 
  Rich., 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  an 
  extreme 
  variety 
  of 
  Malthe 
  vespertilio. 
  

   Every 
  gradation 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  rostral 
  process 
  exists 
  between 
  the 
  very 
  long- 
  

   nosed 
  var. 
  longirostris, 
  to 
  the 
  button-nosed 
  cubifrons, 
  and 
  thus 
  far 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  

   show 
  any 
  dividing 
  lines. 
  The 
  original 
  record 
  of 
  Malthe 
  cubifrons 
  as 
  from 
  Labrador 
  

   was 
  an 
  error. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  certainly 
  known 
  from 
  any 
  point 
  north 
  of 
  Florida. 
  The 
  name 
  

   Lophius 
  radiatus 
  Mitchill, 
  Amer. 
  Monthly 
  Mag., 
  March, 
  1818, 
  326, 
  is 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   cubifrons. 
  The 
  short-snouted 
  form 
  may 
  therefore 
  stand 
  as 
  — 
  

  

  Malthe 
  vespertilio 
  radiata. 
  (See 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  234.) 
  

  

  2 
  Malthe 
  elater 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  365. 
  Mazatlan. 
  

  

  3 
  Ostracion 
  tricornis 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst, 
  Nat, 
  X, 
  1758, 
  331 
  = 
  OstrQcion 
  quadricornis 
  Linnaeus, 
  

   (lower 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  page.) 
  

  

  