Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2719 



obliquely backward arid upward. Eye slightly longer than snout ; mouth 

 brown within. Color brown, with white spots on the body and median 

 fins, 6 of the largest of these each with the center yellowish, the largest 

 from once to twice diameter of eye ; spots on dorsal fins small ; eye golden. 

 Porto Rico. (Poey.) Not seen by us. The type 70 mm. long, (in ops, 

 helpless. "I call this species 'mops' on account of the miserable lishing 

 rod which has fallen to its lot." Poey.) 



Antennarius inops, POEY, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., x, 1881, 340, Porto Rico. (Coll. Don 

 Juan Giindlach.) 



3096. ANTENNARIUS PRINCIPIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



D. III-ll; A. 7; P. 10. Anterior dorsal spine twice as long as second, 

 ending in a small, slender lobe; membrane behind third spine extending 

 to root of soft dorsal ; last ray of dorsal not reaching caudal. Skin rough, 

 covered with small spines ; no cutaneous fringes. Black ; tips of pectorals 

 and ventrals white ; a small white spot above pectoral. (Gunther.) West 

 Indies to Brazil; not seen by us. Giinther's specimen, above described, 

 from Para, (principis, of the prince. Named for its discoverer, Prince 

 Maurice of Nassau. ) 



Chironectes principis,* CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xn, 416, 1837, Brazil; 

 on 2 drawings by Prince MAURICE, the second representing the present species to 

 which Gunther restricts the name principis. The first figure is more like tigris. 



Antennarius principis, Gunther, Cat., in, 193, 1861. 



3097. ANTENNARIUS TENEBROSUS (Poey). 



D. 111-12; A. 7; P. 11. Anterior dorsal spine longer than second, termi- 

 nating in a simple and slender tentacle; soft dorsal fin terminating at 

 some distance from caudal. Skin rough, covered with small spines, with- 

 out cutaneous fringes. Blackish brown, marbled with darker and lighter ; 

 a series of 3 black, blue-edged ocelli on upper posterior part of dorsal fin ; 

 many similar ocelli on caudal fin, irregularly disposed. (Poey.) Cuba. 

 Not seen by us. (tenebrosus, dusky.) 



Chironectes tenebrosus, POEY, Memorias, I, 219, pi. 17, fig. 1, 1851, Cuba. 

 Antennarius tenebrosus, GUNTHER, Cat., in, 197, 1861. 



3098. ANTENNARIUS RETICULARIS, Gilbert. 



D. 111-12; A. 7. First dorsal spine short, very slender and filiform, not 

 reaching tip of second, terminating in a short, fleshy flap; second spine 

 moderately robust, flexible, not curved backward, wholly free and with- 



Concerning this nominal species and Chironectes mentzelii, both of which were based 

 Prince Maurice, Cuvier & Valenciennes remark: 



We here cite these figures, and we give them specific names only to fix the attention 



of travelers and to get them to find the species which have served as models for these 



figures." 



The following is the substance of the original description of Chironectes principis: 

 In the first figure, color very deep brown, speckled with black spots on body and fins; 



dorsal fin with only 1 series of spots. Filament of first spine twice as long as that of the 



second, and terminating in a little knob or bait, the second spine free from the first and 



similar in shape. 

 Second figure of the same form, the second dorsal longer, the first ray ending in a 



spiral, and the whole body white, with 2 white round spots on each side, one above the 



other. 



