■i3« BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family ANTENNAKIID.-E. 

 ANTENNARIUS ( Commerson ) Lac^pede. ( HiMrio Fischer. ) 



1684. Antennarius commersoui (Lawix-del. Hawaii; Raiatea; Borabora; Tahiti; Shortlaiul I. 



(Sfale); East Indies. ' 



1685. Antennarius niger (Garrett). Hawaii. 

 (■Iiirnnrrtes nir/cr Garrett, Proc. fal. Ac, Sci. 1864. I(i7, Honolulu. 



1686. Antennarius leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet. Hawaii. 



1687. Antennarius rubrofuscus Garrett. Hawaii. 



1688. Antennarius sandwichensis Bennett. Hawaii. 



(fAiilinmiriiis liorriiliis. Bloekcr, Eilst Indies.) 



1689. Antennarius laysanius Jordan & Snyder. Laysan. 



1690. Antennarius hispidus ( Bloch & Schneider). Misol (Giinther) ; Raiatea (Scale); East 



Indie^^. 



1691. Antennarius striatus Shaw. Tahiti; Solomon I.«. (Giinther, Fische der Sudsee, lb2, taf. 99, 



fig. b) ; East Indies. 



1692. Antennarius duescus Snyder. Hawaii. 



1693. Antennarius nexilis Snyder. Hawaii. 



1694. Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker. New Guinea. 



1695. Antennarius nummifer (Cnvier). Samoa and Raiatea (Giinther; perhaps Anlinnarlns drom- 



biis); East Indies, 



This species seems to be very close to Antennarius drombus, differing perhaps in having the dusky 

 shade below the soft dorsal intensified as a black ocellus. The specimens from Samoa and Raiatea, 

 noted by Dr. Giinther, probably belong to slntennarhts drombus, if, indeed, the 2 species are distinct. 



Antennarius coccinevs (Lesson, Voy. Coquille, 143, pi. 16, fig. 1, 1830), from Mauritius and the 

 East Indies, differs from Antennarius nummifer chiefly in the red color. It is equally near Antennarius 

 drombus. It is not unlikely that Antennarius coccineus is identical with Antennarius nummifer, and that 

 the species is not found in Polynesia, where it is replaced by Anlennarius drombus. 



1696. Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii; Samoa. 



This small, dull-colored species is known from 2 specimens from Hilo, Hawaii, and from 1 taken 

 by us at Samoa. None of the other species was obtained by us in Samoa. 



In Antennarius drombus the dorsal filament or bait is short, and the last ray of dorsal and anal is 

 adnate to the body. Antennarius coccineus, as figured by Bleeker, may be this species, but the type 

 figured by Quoy & Gaimard must be something else. 



In life our single Samoan specimen was dull mottled olive-green with blackish markings, and a 

 few dull orange blotches, irregular and diffuse; no red. When captured, this fish swells its bodv like 

 a Tetraodon. 



1697. Antennarius bigibbus Lacipede. Hawaii. 



PTEROPHRYHE Gill. 



1698. Pterophryne histrio ( Linn:iusi . New (iuinea (Bleeker) ; East Indies. 



Family OGCOCEPH.\LID.€. 

 MALTHOPSIS Alcock, 



1699. Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert Oc Cramer. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



1700. Malthopsis jordani Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



