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the extremity of this filament, being itself concealed beneath the sand or in the 

 mud, when it gradually retracts the member until the fish is near enough to be 

 swallowed by a quick motion. 



Lophius piscatorius, Plate XXIX. 



AXiac jid-rvv, Aristot. Hist. Anim. ix, c. 27, ii, c. 13, t, c. 5 and 14. Bdrpayoc 

 AXtas, Aristot. ix, c. 37 ; ^lian, vii, p. 286 ; Oppian, ii, p. 33. 



Bana, Ovid, v, p. 126 ; Plin. ix, c. 24, xxv, c. 10. Bana marina, Belon. p 

 85 ; Jonst. Pise. 1, lib. 1, tit. 1, c. 3, Art. 3, Punct. 9, p. 36, t. ii, f. 8. Bana 

 piscatrix, Rondel, i, lib. 12, c. 20, p. 363 ; Salv. His. Aq. p. 129, f. 47 ; Gesner, 

 Aquat. iv, p. 813 ; Schonev. p. 59 ; Aldrov. iii, c. 64, p. 466 ; Willughby, p. 85, 

 t. B 1 ; Ray, Synop. p. 29 ; Rutty, Nat. Hist. Co. Dublin, p. 349 ; Leight, Nat. 

 Hist. Lancashire, p. 186, pi. vi, f. 5 ; Borlase, Cornwall, p. 265, pi. xxvii, f. 3. 

 Lophius, Artedi, Genera, p. 62, sp. 1, Synon. p. 87 ; Gronov. Mus. i, p. 57 and 

 Zooph. p. 58. Batrachns, Klein, MSS. iii| p. 15, sp. 1, 2 ; Pontoppidan, Nat. 

 Hist. Norway, ii, p. 244 ; Duhamel, Peches, ii, sect, ix, p. 94, pi. xviii ; Ascan. 

 Icon. t. XXXV, xxxvi ; Strom, Sond. i, p. 271. Gommon angler. Pennant, Brit. 

 Zool. (Ed. 1) iii, p. 120, pi. xviii (Ed. 2) iii, p. 159, pi. xxi, also the Long Angler 

 (Ed. 1) iii, p. 123 (Ed. 2) iii, p. 162. The fishing-frog, Low, Fauna Oread, p. 183. 



Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 402, and Faun. Suec. p. 108; Miill. 

 Prod. Zool. Dan. p. 38 ; Retz. Faun. p. 308 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 7 ; Bon. 

 Ency. Ich. p. 14, pi. viii, f . 26 ; Lac6p. i, p. 304, pi. xiii, f . 1 ; Bloch, iii, p. 82, t. 

 Ixxxvii ; Bl. Schn. p. 1.39 ; Donovan, Brit. Fish, v, pi. ci ; Turton, Brit. Faun. 

 p. 115 ; Mitch. Lit. and Phil. Trans. N. York, i, p. 466 ; Cut. Reg. Anim. 111. 

 Poiss. pi. Ixxxiv ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 214; Richard. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, 

 p. 103 ; Storer, Mass. Rep. pp. 71, 404 ; Mohr. Isl. Nat. p. 61 ; Faber, Fisc. Isl. 

 p. 55 ; Shaw, Nat. Misc. xi, pi. 422 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso, iii, p. 61, c. fig. ; 

 Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 344, pi. coclxii ; Nilss. Skand. Fis. Faun. p. 245 ; Jenyns, 

 Brit. Vert. p. 389 ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 170 ; Parn. Wern. Mem. vii, p. 253 ; 

 Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 330 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) i, p. 269, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, 

 p. 305 (Ed. 3) ii, p. 388; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 1837, i, p. 410; 

 Johnston, Berwick. Nat. Club, 1838, i, p. 172 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 47 ; Thomps. 

 Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 119 ; Nord. in Demid. Voy. Rnss. Merid. iii, p. 444 ; 

 Gaimard, Voy. Isl., &c., Poiss. pi. xix ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 80 ; 

 "White, Catal. Fish. p. 56 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 179 ; Schlegel, De Diereri van 

 Nederland, p. 66, pi. iv, f. 6 ; Baird, American Nat. 1871, v, p. 785 ; Mcintosh, 

 Fish. N. Uist, Pro. Roy. Soc. Edin. v, 1862-66, p. 614, and Fish. St. Andrew's, 

 p. 175 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 68. 



Batraohus piscatoriiis, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 47. 



Lophius Amerieanus, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 380 ; De Kay, New York Fauna, 

 Fishes, p. 162, pi. xxviii, f. 87 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Lophius vomerinus, Cut. and Val. xii, p. 381 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Lophius upsicephalus. Smith, Illus. Zool. S. Africa, Pisces, pi. ix ; Giinther, 



Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Angler, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, ii, p. 204, pi. ex. 



Young. 



Lophius eurypterus Diib. en kor. kgl. Vet. Akad. Hand!. Stock. 1844, p. 63, 

 t. iii, f. 1, 2 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun, iv, p. 251. 



Lophius piscatorius, Giinther, Ann. and Mag. March, 1861, p. 190, pi. x, f. c. e. 



Monstrosities. 



Lophius digitatws Ferguson, Phil. Trans, liii, p. 88, pi. xiii. 



Lophius barhatus, MontinuS, Act. Holm, iii, 1779, t. iv; Gmel. Linn, i, p. 1480. 



Lophius Fergusonis, Lacep. i, pp. 303, 330 ; Walb. Artedi, iii, p. 496. 



Fishing frog of Mount's Bay, or Long Angler, Borlase, Nat. Hist. Cornwall, 

 p. 266, t. xxvii, and Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. liii, p. 170. 



Lophius Gornuhicus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 381 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 390. 



B. vi, D. 3/3/11-12, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. 9-11, C. 8, Coec. pyl. 2, Vert. 30 (29-31). 



Head large in comparison to that of the entire fish ; it is depressed, broader 



