COHNj^H ANGLER. 381 



the weeds and mud : in this situation it is said to 

 move about the tentacula or long processes on the 

 head, kc. in such a manner that the smaller fishes, 

 deceived by their resemblance to worms, and at- 

 tempting to seize them, become an easy prey to 

 the Lopiiius. This practice, which is mentioned 

 by Pliny and others, induced Mr. Pennant, in the 

 British Zoology, to distinguish the genus by the 

 English title o{ Angler, 



CORNISH ANGLER. 



Lophius Cornubicus. L. depressus siibelongdtus y corpore pQstice 

 Jimhriato. 



Depressed subelongated Angler, with the body fringed at the 

 hind part. 



Fishing-Frog of Mount's-Bay. Borl. Coniw. 266. pi, 27. /. 6, 

 Long Angler. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



It may perhaps be doubted whether this be truly 

 distinct from the preceding fish, or whether it may 

 not rather constitute a sexual difference or a variety. 

 It is mentioned by Dr. Borlace in his Natural 

 History of Cornwall, and is said to be of a longer 

 form than the common Angler, with the head more 

 bony, rough, and aculeated, as well as destitute of 

 the fringed appendages, which take place only 

 towards the hind-part of the body : the pectoral 

 fins are tipped with spines of about an inch and 

 three quarters in length, and on the tail are similar 

 ones* but somewhat shorter, measuring only aa 

 inch. Observed about Mount's Bay in Cornwall. 



