•138 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family ANTENNARI1D,E. 



ANTENNARITJS ( Commerson ) Lacepede. (Histrio Fischer. ) 



1684. Antennarius commersoni (Lacepede) . Hawaii; Raiatea; Borabora; Tahiti; Shortland I. 



(Seaie); East Indies. 



1685. Antennarius niger (Garrett). Hawaii. 

 Ckironcctes niger Garrett, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1864, 107, Honolulu. 



1686. Antennarius leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet. Hawaii. 



1687. Antennarius rubrofuscus Garrett. Hawaii. 



1688. Antennarius sandwichensis Bennett. Hawaii. 

 (t Antennarius horridus, Bleeker, East Indies.) 



1689. Antennarius laysanius Jordan & Snyder. Lay sail. 



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



Indies. 



1691. Antennarius striatus Shaw. Tahiti; Solomon Is. (Giinther, Fische der Sudsee, 162, 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 (Cuvier). Samoa and Raiatea (Giinther; perhaps Antennarius drom- 



bus); East Indies. 



This species seems to be very close to Antennarius drombus, differing perhaps in having the dusk}' 

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

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



Antennarius coccineus (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 Atitennarius 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 body like 

 a Tetraodon. 



1697. Antennarius bigibbus Lacepede. Hawaii. 



PTEROPHRYNE Gill. 



1698. Pterophryne histrio (Linnisus). New Guinea (Bleeker); East Indies. 



Family 0GC0CEPHALIMS. 



MALTHOPSIS Alcock. 



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



1700. Malthopsis jordani Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



