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out membrane; ihird spine nearly erect, not free, depressible with diffi- 

 culty; not curved as in A. sanguineus; spines on the body rather coarse 

 and shagreen-like, with expanded, undivided tips. Color in spirits, top 

 of head, including dorsal spines and front of soft dorsal, coral red, the 

 body otherwise light gray, broadly reticulated on sides and below with 

 heavy black lines, which inclose 5 or 6 large pale spots ; pectorals, ven- 

 trals, and anal with narrow terminal and wide median black bars. Soft 

 dorsal uniformly light. This species closely resembles A. sanyuineus, but 

 differs from it in the straight, erect spinules, the color, and the character 

 of the plates on the body. Length 1J inches. Gulf of California. (Gil- 

 bert.) Only the type known, (reticularis, netted.) 



Antennarius reticulans, GILBERT, Proc. TL S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 56G, Gulf of California, at 

 Albatross Station 2825. (Coll. Gilbert.) 



3099. ANTENMRIUS STRIGATUS, Gill. 



D. 111-12; A. 7. First dorsal spine elongate, filiform, twice length of 

 second, with very slender, dermal tip; third spine more robust than 

 second, wholly concealed in the skin, its length equal to that of first 

 spine. Lips, maxillary, and a large transverse area behind second dorsal 

 spine naked, each side of this area with a few spiuous tubercles; skin 

 elsewhere covered with fine shagreen-like armature. Color in spirits, oli- 

 vaceous everywhere on body and on inside of mouth, finely mottled with 

 light olive brown; many irregular blackish areas on head and body, those 

 on lower side of head showing a tendency to form concentric bars; some 

 on sides forming irregular bars downward from back; posterior portion 

 of body not darker than the anterior; terminal parts of all the fins largely 

 blackish, but with distinct black bars; some scattered round blotches on 

 sides, each consisting of a number of smaller black spots on an olive 

 ground ; head and body with numerous pinkish and rose-red spots and 

 bars, the latter sinuous, irregular, with wavy margins; a pinkish bar 

 behind maxillary; a broad, saddle-like pinkish blotch across interval 

 between second and third dorsal spines; a third bar from in front of ori- 

 gin of second dorsal downward toward base of pectorals ; a fourth across 

 top of caudal peduncle; first dorsal spine narrowly barred with brown. 

 Pacific coast of tropical America, from Cape San Lucas to Panama. Here 

 described from an adult, 10 inches in length, from Panama. This differs 

 considerably from the descriptions of the young (strigatua, tenuifilis) given 

 by Gill and Giiuther. 



Two young individuals, types of A. strigatns, are thus characterized by 

 Dr. Gill: 



"The anterior dorsal spine is very slender and filiform, without 

 appendages; the second is straight and moderate; the third concealed 

 and developed as a hump, obtuse behind. The spines which cover the 

 body are small and mostly bifid. The back and front of the dorsal fin are 

 reddish; the rest light brown, with black stripes which diverge down- 

 ward above the pectorals, those in front being parallel with the profile 

 and at right angles with those behind; around the pectoral fins and on 

 the flanks, the streaks are generally blended to form a continuous black 



