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BEAKED ANGLER. 



Lophius Rostratus. L. depressus sub/errugineus, supra tubcr^ 



culatus^ capite rostrato. 

 Depressed subferruginous Angler, tuberculated above, with 



beaked head. 



Lophius Vespertilio. L. depressus, capite rostrato. Un. Syst, 

 Nat. 



Rana piscatrix Americana. Seb. mus. 3. t. 74. y. 2. 

 Lophius capite retuso ? Brown Jam. pi. 48./, 3. ? 

 Guacucuja. Marcgr. Bras. p. 143. 



Length from ten to eighteen inches : body broad 

 in the middle, tapering towards the tail, and 

 strongly acuminated in front, so as to form a sharp- 

 pointed, lengthened snout : mouth of moderate 

 width, and situated at a considerable distance be- 

 neath the tip of the snout : above each nostril a 

 short cartilaginous filament, with a dilated tip : 

 pectoral fins situated on very strong arm-shaped 

 bases : ventral smaller and placed nearer the front : 

 dorsal very small, and situated at a small distance 

 beyond the pectoral : tail rounded at the end : 

 whole animal covered above with numerous, scat- 

 tered, roundish, crenated tubercles, with pointed 

 tops: the interstices of the skin are roughened 

 by minute points : under ^surface also roughened 

 by small points but destitute of tubercles : colour 

 above pale red-brown ^ beneath whitish. Native 

 of the South-American seas, lying among weeds, 

 &c. and preying, like the common Angler, on 

 small fishes, worms, &c. 



V. V. p. II. 



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