LOPHIUS. ANGLER. 



Generic Character, 



Caput depressum. 

 Denies plurimi, acuti. Lin- 

 gua dentibus armata. 

 Corpus crassum. 

 PinrKe pectorales brachiatse. 



Head depressed. 

 Teeth numerous, sharp. 

 Tongue armed with teeth. 



Pectoral fins brachiated. 



EUROPEAN ANGLER. 



Lophius Europaeus. X. depressus fusctis, antice rotundaius, 



subtus albidus, laterihus fimbriatis. 

 Brown depressed Angler^ rounded in front,, whitish beneath, 



with fringed sides. 

 Lophius piscatorius. L. depressus ^ capite rotundato. Lin, 



Syst. Nat. 



Lophius capite corporc latiore. Block, t. 8/. 

 Rana marina. Bellon. aq. p. 85. Jonst. pise. t. II. f. 8. 

 liana piscatrix^ Toadfish^ &c. Will, ichth. p. B5. t. E. I, 

 Common Angler. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



TThE genus Lophius is remarkable for a pecu- 

 liarly uncouth appearance ^ the body being thick 

 and shapeless, and the fins short and broad : the 

 largest of the genus is the Lophius piscatorius, 

 popularly known by the title of the Frog-Fish. It 

 is an inhabitant of the European seas, where it 

 sometimes arrives at a great size, having been seen 

 to measure six or seven .ftet in length : its more 



