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5, widely separated, large, much enlarged in young. Young with 

 head spinous. 



Large fishes of sea-bottoms at moderate or great depth and 

 remarkable for their great voracity. A single species on our 

 shores. 



Genus Lophius Linnaeus. 



The Anglers. 

 Lophius piscatorius Linnseus. 



Plate 96. 



Bellows Fish. All Mouth. Angler. Satchel Mouth. Head Fish. 



Goose Fish. 



Width of head 2; D. I - 1 - 1 - HI, 11; A. 9; P. about 

 26; intermaxillary width about 1 ys in greatest width of body; 

 interorbital space 4^ ; first dorsal spine about 2^ ; length of 

 caudal about 3'^ ; greatest width of pectoral about 2 ; eye 5 in 

 interorbital space; least depth of caudal peduncle 2j^. Caudal 

 peduncle depressed. Eye elongate or ellipsoid. In jaws 4 series 

 of backwardly directed sharp conic teeth, rather large, each pair 

 approximated anteriorly, and each series of about equal distance 

 posteriorly. Two patches of upper pharyngeal teeth. Humeral 

 spine with 2 points, posterior larger and stronger. Head with a 

 fringe of barbels along margin. Interorbital space broadly con- 

 cave. On each side of mouth in front are 2 spines. Anterior 

 dorsal spine with fleshy tip, and when depressed reaching well 

 beyond base of third. Fourth dorsal spine longer than fifth. 

 Rayed dorsal begins about last third in length of head and trunk. 

 Anal begins behind dorsal. Fringe of filaments each side of body. 

 Ventral very fleshy plicate, falling about first fifth in head and 

 trunk, and interventral space a little greater than interorbital. 

 Color chocolate-brown above, mottled finely with darker. Lower 

 surface, including under surface of pectoral which has dark 

 margin, soiled whitish. Anal tinted with brownish. Caudal 



