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and its allies (Malthe and Pteifephryne). Lophius piscatorius, 

 the common goose-fish of the North Atlantic, descends to 365 



Fig. 210, — Nest of Pterophryne. About ^. 



fathoms. Pterophryne, " the marbled angler " of the Sargasso 

 Sea, is specially adapted to live among the floating algae, to 



Fig. 211. — Antennarius. ^. 



which it clings with its pediculated fins, and in which it inter- 

 twines its gelatinous clusters of eggs. (Fig. 210.) Its ally, 



