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shallow fin, commencing at some distance beyond 

 the head, and extending to within a small distance 

 from the tail, where it is somewhat broader than 

 at its origin : pectoral fms much resembling those 

 of the generality of fishes, the bases or arms being 

 scarce apparent : ventral short, arm-shaped, and 

 terminated by thick and slightly marked lobes, so 

 as to resemble the paws of a quadruped : anal 

 fin longish, and situated near the tail, which is 

 slightly rounded : colour on the upper parts black- 

 brown with a few blueish clouds and spots : on the 

 lower parts whitish, both colours breaking into each 

 other on the sides of the fish, and white parts being 

 edged with dull red : eyes white, radiated with 

 black: mouth wide: above the upper lip a long 

 filament, forking into two at the tip. Native of the 

 Pacific: observed about the coast of Otaheitee, &c. 



COMMERSONIAN ANGLER. 



Lophius Commersonii. LopMus compressus niger, macula 



utrinque rotundata alba, ^ 

 Compressed black Angler, with a rounded white spot on each 



side. 



Lophie Commerson. Cepede. 



Allied to the Harlequin Angler^ but entirely of 

 a black colour, except a small, round, milk-white 

 spot on each side : skin rough or granulated : tongue 

 roughened with small teeth : above the eyes a long 

 and slender filament with a clavated tip : tips of 

 the fins rather pale : length a few inches : observed 

 by Conimerson in the Indian seas. 



