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FISHES. 
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Family 21.— OXUDEBCIDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
“ A marine fish, with an elongate sub-eylindrical body and no 
ventral fins.” 
Distribution. — Macao, China. 
Family 22.— BATBACHID^E. (3 Genera, 12 Species.) 
“ Marine fishes, with sub-cylindrical body and broad depressed 
head.” 
Distribution.— T he coasts of nearly all tropical and south 
temperate regions, ranging from blew York and Portugal to 
Chili and Tasmania, 
Family 23.— PEDICULATI. (8 Genera, 40 Species.) 
“ Marine carnivorous fishes, with very large heads and without 
scales.” 
Distribution. — Seas of all temperate and tropical regions, 
extending south to New Zealand and north to Greenland. 
A species of Lophius (the Fishing-frog or Sea-Devil) is found 
in British seas. The genus Antennarius , comprising two-thirds 
of the species, is wholly tropical. 
Family 24.— BLENNHYE. (33 Genera, 201 Species.) 
_ " Carnivorous fishes, with long sub-cylindrical naked bodies, 
living at the bottom of shallow water in seas, or tidal rivers ” 
Distribution. — All seas from the Arctic regions to New 
Zealand, Chili, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
Species of AnarrUchas , JBlennius, Blenniops , Centronotus and 
Zoarces occur in British seas. Chasmodes (3 sp.) is confined to 
the Atlantic coasts of Temperate North America; Petroscirtes 
(26 sp.) to the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ; 
and Stichccus (9 sp.) to the Arctic Seas. 
