Antennarius. 375 



rays are all free, though scarcely rigid ; except those of the dor- 

 Bul fin, they are bordered with membrane almost to their tips. 



Length 2{ in. Breadth 1|. Length of the horn 1\ lin. 



Described from two specimens preserved in spirit, in the col- 

 lection of the Zoological Society, to which they were presented 

 by R. Barclay, Esq. They came from Madagascar. 



The long, setaceous, simple filament, and the short nasal horn, 

 at once distinguish this from all the other species except the Chi- 

 j-onedes tuberusus^ Cuv. From this it differs sufficiently in co- 

 lour, the latter being described as pale fulvous, marbled with 

 griseous, and its dorsal fin being fulvous and unspotted. It is 

 probable also, that the second ray, or nasal horn, is more free in 

 the Ant. unicornis than in the Ch. tuberosus, that of the latter 

 being stated to be " assez degage.*' 



2. NiTiDus. ylnt. Icvvis : albidus, vil/is irregularibus lobatis 

 macutisque ferrugineis, punciii-que albis : i-adiurnm capitalium 

 j)rimo brevij penicilligero, secundo et lerlio cirrhosis. 



D. 13. P. 10. V. 5. A. 7. C. 7. 



Tab. ix. f. 2. 



The body is strongly compressed, and its surface is perfectly 

 smooth. The prevailing colour is whitish, marked with irregular 

 brownish-ferruginous vitto', of which the upper commences be- 

 hind the vertex, and is continued along the back to the centre of 

 the caudal fin : its margins are lohed, and the superior one is 

 usually branched, giving oE fasciw of the same colour, which tra- 

 verse the dorsal fin. At its commencement it is frequently united 

 to a second, equally irregularly margined, vitta, which passes 

 downwards towards the centre of the anal fin, becoming inter- 

 rupted towards its termination. A third vitta, somewhat less 

 lobed, extends from immediately below the eye to the centre of, 

 and along, the pectoral fin. On the head the ferruginous spots 

 are elongated and run together, so as to form an irregular reticula- 

 tion. A few ferruginous spots occur, independent of the vitt(e.f 

 especially on the fins, where they are paler. There also occur, 

 particularly on the lower parts of the body, white points and 



