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247. MALTHE Cuvier. (/ioA&j, a name of some soft-bodied 



fish.) 



485. M. vespertilio (L.). BAT-FISH. DIABLO. Dark gray, 

 reddish below ; forehead produced in a long rough process of varia- 

 ble length. D. I, 4. A. 4. L. 6. Warm seas, rarely N. (Lat., 

 bat.) 



FAMILY XCV. ANTENNARIID^E. (THE FROG-FISHES.) 



Head and body somewhat compressed, the mouth nearly vertical, 

 the chin projecting; gill openings small, pore-like, in lower axil of 

 P. Spinous D. of 1 to 3 isolated tentacles. Genera 5; species 

 40, living in floating seaweed, etc., in warm seas. (Lat., antenna, a 

 feeler.) 



a. Head compressed ; dorsal spines 3 ; skin smooth with many fleshy tags ; V. 

 long ................ PTEROPHRYJJB, 248. 



248. FTEROPHRYNE Gill. (wrfpoV, wing; Qpvvr), toad.) 



486. P. histrio (L.). MOUSE-FISH. Yellowish, much marbled; 

 wrist slender. Head 2J; depth If. D. 111-14. A. 7. V. 5. L. 5. 

 Warm seas, occasional N. (Lat., stage-player.) 



FAMILY XCVI. LOPHIID^S. (THE ANGLERS.) 



Head wide, depressed, very large; body contracted, tapering, 

 scarcely longer than head ; mouth enormously wide, with a stomach 

 proportionate ; teeth very strong, unequal, some of them long, sharp 

 canines and most of them depressible ; strong teeth on vomer and 

 palatines. Gill openings large, in lower axil of P. Skin smooth, 

 with many dermal flaps. Spinous D. of 3 isolated tentacles, and 3 

 spines joined by membrane, the first spine enlarged at tip and ex- 

 tending over the mouth, said to serve as a bait for smaller fishes. 

 One genus with 3 or more species, large fishes of the cool seas, 

 remarkable for voracity. 



249. LOPHIUS (Artedi) Linnaeus. (Old name from Xo0os, 

 crest.) 



487. L. piscatorius L. GOOSE-FISH. ANGLER. FISHING- 

 FROG. ALL-MOUTH. BELLOWS-FISH. Brownish, mottled ; mouth 

 behind tongue, unspotted. D. Ill -III, 10. A. 9. V. I, 5. L. 3 

 feet or more. N. Atl., S. to Cape Lookout, common N. The eggs 

 of this fish are remarkable, in ribbon-like bands, pink in color, 30 to 

 40 feet long and a foot in width. These float near the surface in 

 summer. (Lat., fishing.) 



With this monstrous creature, unexcelled for pure ugliness in 

 the class to which it belongs, we may close the long series of 

 fishes. 



