SI 4 FISHES. ACANTHOPT. Lophius. 
Araneus, Merr. Pin. 187. — ^Draco marinus, Sihb, Scot. 24. Will, Ich. 
288. — English coast. 
Length about a foot. Above yellowish, beneath silvery ; the sides with 
two or three longitudinal and numerous transverse yellow lines. Throat 
sloping ; back straight, belly prominent. 1st D. 5, 2d 25 ; P. 15 ; V. 6; A. 
25 ; C. 10. The first dorsal fin is black ; and the wound made by its spines 
is said to be very painful. 
146. T. major. Greater Weaver, — Tail even; pectorals 
emarginate ; head sloping. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 171. Bon. Brit. Fishes, t. 107 — English coast. 
Length 11 inches. Body lengthened; scales disposed obliquely, with lines 
of yellow and black in the same direction. 1st D. 5, 2d D 32 ; A 14 ; V. 5 ; 
A. 32 ; C. 13. This fish is occasionally brought to the London market in 
spring. 
Gen. LXXV. LOPHIUS. — Body without scales; mouth 
wide ; snout with two osseous flexible moveable tentacula. 
147. L. piscatorlus. Angler. — Head depressed, teeth nu- 
merous ; chin bearded. 
Rana piscatrix, Merr. Pm. 186. Sibb. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. 85. — Loph. 
pise. Linn. Syst. i. 402. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 120. Don. Brit. Fishes, 
t. 101 — Monk, Toad, Nass, Devil fish. Frog-fish; Wide-gab; 
AT, Marool — Common in the North Sea. 
Length 3 to 5 feet. Body broad in front, slender towards the tail ; brown 
above, white beneath. Under jaw longest. Nostrils on the inside of the 
mouth. Eyes coronal, irides white, radiated with black. Pectorals large, on 
footstalks ; the gill covers concealed, aperture small. 1st D. 4, 2d D. 14 ; P. 
27 ; V. 5 ; A. 8 ; C. 8. The sides have fleshy filaments. The skeleton is 
cartilaginous. The Mountsbay Angler of Borlase (Corn. 266. t. 27. f. 6.), 
and the one from Bristol (Phil. Trans, liii. p. 170. t. 13.), appear to be only 
the common Angler, the specimens having been more or less mutilated. 
Gen. LXXVI. TRIGLA. Gurnard. — Three detached 
rays at the base of the pectorals. 
Pectorals large., reaching beyond the vent. 
148. T. Hlrundo. Sapphiriue Gurnard. — Pectoral fins rich 
green and blue ; lateral line rough. 
Hirundo, Will. Ich. 280. — T. Hir. Linn. Syst. i. 497. Penn. Brit. Zool. 
iii. 280. — E, Tub. — South coast of England, rare in Scotland. 
Length about a foot. Body slender ; back greenish, belly white ; sides 
reddish ; pupil green. A row of spines on each side of the dorsals at the base. 
1st D. 9 (the second ray longest), 2d D. 18 ; P. 10 ; V. | ; A, 19 ; C. 10. 
149. T. loevis. Smooth Gurnard. — Pectorals clouded with 
blue and red ; lateral line elevated, smooth. 
Mmt. Wern. Mem. ii. 455. — J5, Yillock. — Coast of Devon. 
Length 2 feet. Yellowish-brown above, tinged with red; belly white. 
Snout slightly bifid, denticulated. Back slightly serrated at the base of the 
