CIIAP. xx.] . FISHES. 431 



FAMILY 21. OXUDEKCID^E. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



" A marine fish, with an elongate sub-cylindrical body and no ' 

 ventral fins." 



DISTRIBUTION. Macao, China. 



FAMILY 22. BATKACHID.E. (3 Genera, 12 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, with sub-cylindrical body and broad depressed 

 head." 



DISTRIBUTION. The coasts of nearly all tropical and south 

 temperate regions, ranging from New York and Portugal to 



Chili and Tasmania. 



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FAMILY 23. PEDICULATI. (8 Genera, 40 Species.) 



" Marine carnivorous fishes, with very large heads and without, 

 scales." 



DISTRIBUTION. Seas of .all temperate and tropical regions, 



extending south to New Zealand and north to. Greenland. 



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A species of Lopliius (the Fishing-frog or Sea- Devil) is found' 

 in British seas. The genus Antennarius, comprising two-thirds 

 of the species, is wholly tropical. 



FAMILY 24 BLENNID^E. (33 Genera, 201 Species.) 



."Carnivorous fishes, with long sub-cylindrical naked bodies, 

 living at the bottom of shallow water in seas, or tidal rivers." . 



DISTRIBUTION. All seas from the Arctic regions to New 

 Zealand, Chili, and the Cape of Good Hope. 



Species of Anarrhichas, Blcnnius, Blenniops, Centronotus,&&& 

 Zoarces occur in British seas. Chasmodes (3 sp.) is confined to 

 the Atlantic coasts of Temperate North America; Petrosdrtes 

 (26 sp.) to the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ; 

 and Stichceus (9 sp.) to the Arctic Seas. 



