172 TELEOSTEI : PEDIGULATI. — XXIII. 



247. MALTHE Cuvier. {ji.aK6ri, a name of some soft-bodied 



fish.) 



485. M. vespertilio (L.). Bat-fish. Diablo. Dark gray, 

 reddish below; forehead produced in a long rough process of variar 

 ble length. D. I, 4. A. 4. L. 6. Warm seas, rarely N. (Lat., 

 bat.) 



Family XCV. ANTBNNARIID-,S3. (The Frog-fishes.) 



Head and body somewhat compressed, the mouth nearly vertical, 

 the chin projecting; gill openings small, pore-like, in lower axil of 

 P. Spinous D. of 1 to 3 isolated tentacles. Genera 5 ; species 

 40, living in floating seaweed, etc., in warm seas. (Lat., antenna, a 

 feeler.) 



o. Head compressed ; dorsal spines 3 ; skin smooth with many fleshy tags ; V. 

 long Pteeophetjje, 248. 



248. PTEROPHRYNE Gill. (nrfpoV, wing; ^puw;, toad.) 



486. P. histrio (L.). Mousb-fish. Yellowish, much marbled; 

 wrist slender. Head 2^; depth If D. Ill- 14. A. 7. V. 5. L. 5. 

 Warm seas, occasional N. (Lat., stage-player.) 



Family XCVI. LOPHIID^. (The Anglers.) 



Head wide, depressed, very large; body contracted, tapering, 

 scarcely longer than head ; mouth enormously wide, with a stomach 

 proportionate ; teeth very strong, unequal, some of them long, sharp 

 canines and most of them depressible ; strong teeth on vomer and 

 palatines. Gill openings large, in lower axil of P. Skin smooth, 

 with many dermal flaps. Spinous D. of 3 isplated tentacles, and 3 

 spines joined by membrane, the first spine enlarged at tip and ex- 

 tending over the mouth, said to serve as a bait for smaller fishes. 

 One genus with 3 or more species, large fishes of the cool seas, 

 remarkable for voracity. 



249. LOPHItrS (Artedi) Linnseus. (Old name from \6<l>os, 

 crest.) 



487. L. piscatorius L. Goose-fish. Angler. Fishing- 

 frog. All-mouth. Bellows-fish. Brownish, mottled ; mouth 

 behind tongue, unspotted. D. III-IH, 10. A. 9. V. I, 5. L. 3 

 feet or more. N. Atl., S. to Cape Lookout, common N. The eggs 

 of this fish are remarkable, in ribbon-like bands, pink in color, 30 to 

 40 feet long and a foot in width. These float near the surface in 

 summer. (Lat., fishing.) 



With this monstrous creature, unexcelled for pure uo-liness in 

 the class to which it belongs, we may close the long series of 

 fishes. 



