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Genus CRISTICEPS, Val. 



309. Cristiceps australis, Val. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. xi. p. 402. pi. 336. 



Hab. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



Genus ANARRHICHAS, Linn. 



310. The Wolf Fish (Anarrhichas lupus, Linn.). 



Fig. Yarrell, Hist, of Brit. Fishes, vol. i. fig. at p. 247. Bloch, tab. 74. 



Cuv. et Val. vol. xi. p. 349. 

 Hab. Baltic and Northern Seas. 



Family LophiidoB. 

 Genus LOPHIUS. 



311. The Quivering Flax-fish (Birch) (Lophius setigerus, Wahl. ; Lo- 



phius viviparus, Bloch). 

 Fig. Wahl. in Skrivter af Naturh. iv. p. 215. tab. 3. f. 5, 6. Richardson, 



Report of Brit. Assoc. 1845, p. 203. 

 Hab. The Japanese and China Seas. Canton. 



Presented by John Quekett. 



Sir John Richardson states that " small specimens of this fish, pinned down 

 and dried, abound in the" boxes of insects sold at the Chinese ports to 

 foreigners. The general colour is hair-brown, finely marbled by a lighter 

 tint on the upper surface of the body and pectoral fins." 



Genus CHIRONECTES, Cuv. 



312. The Harlequin Angler (Chironectes laevigatus, Cuv. ;' Antennarius 



laevigatus, Commerson ; Lophius laevigatus, Bosc). 

 Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. xii. p. 297. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. v. pt. 2. p. 384. 

 Hab. Indian and American Seas. Presented by Sir William Blisard. 



313. The Harlequin Angler (Chironectes laevigatus, Cuv.). 



Hab. Indian and American Seas. Purchased. 







314. The Harlequin Angler (Chironectes lavigatus, Cuv.). 

 A small well-marked specimen. 



