U2 



\'11I.— MALTliElDJ-:. 



MALTHE, Cuv. 



M. VESI'KRTILIU. 



Bat-Fish, Sea Bat. Nose-Fisli. 



', Seen iVoiu al)Ove tlio body is ovate, de])i'(-'sse(l, expaiulcd 

 Huleways like shoulders, to wliicli tlic jieetoral litis are at- 

 tached, and ta])L'riim- towards the tail. Skin like sliagreen. 

 witli scattering long tuhertdes. Tale grayisli-lM'own alttjve, 

 find pale reddish beneatli. 



Fin-rays:— 13. 4: V. 11: V. :>; A. 4: C. \). 



J/, vesperfiliu, Linn. Cuv. t'>^- Val. XII, ]>. 44G; Cuv. Kegnc 

 Anim. 111. Toiss.. pi, So, Hg. 2: ])eKay, Xew York Fauna, 

 I'^isltcs, p. 1()7. 



Ihirc in. the bouthern part of Chesajteake Bay. 



AcAi), Coll, 



IX.— lophiidj:. 



LOPHIUS, Artedi. 

 L. A.Mt:];[CAXUs. 



The American Angler, Goose or Monk-Fisli. 



lM)dy flat, liead bi'oad ;ind de[)ressed. Surface covered with 

 a smooth skin, witii tleshy jirocesses along tlie llanks extend- 

 ing U) tbe base of the eaudal fin. ( )livebr<_)wn above, bi'neath 

 white. 



The iirst isohited ray ol' the first dorsal tin is very long, 

 and su])i)orts on its ajicx a llesliy slip. 



Fin-ray^: -D. :;. o. 12: F. 23: Y. I. 5: A. 1(1: C. 'J. 



/y. amci'icaniis, Cuv. Sc \'aL XII, p. ."JSO; DoKay, Xew 

 York Fauna, Fishes, p. 102, ]A. 2S, 1ig, ST. 



Found in Ike salt watei's near and in tlu' ocean, and in tlie 

 drains of Worcester countv. 



