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anterior; nostrils circular, close together, with rounded fleshy rims; side of snout with a convex 
groove running from eye toward tip; top of head with groove, the anterior dorsal spine free and 
depressible within; second dorsal spine not depressible, very robust, and forming a large hump on 
back in front; bait longer than first spine, apparently with undivided filament at extremity and not 
reaching to base of second spine; dorsal rays moderately high, base of fin 1.7 in trunk, and last ray 
adnate to caudal peduncle by membrane; anal rounded, lower portion adnate to caudal peduncle by 
membrane; caudal elongate, rounded; pectoral broad; ventral small, about under end of second dorsal 
spine; body rough, pores on head and in lateral line with rough excrescences; no dermal flaps; lateral 
line curving down to front of anal fin. 
Color in alcohol, pale creamy, or creamy white, the sides marbled with brown; fins more or less 
pale; caudal with a dark brown submarginal crossdine and two similar lines close together across 
middle of fin; anal with a submarginal brown longitudinal line, a similar median dark brown longi- 
tudinal band; pectoral and ventral with brown margins and base narrowly of same color. 
Described from an example taken by Doctor Jenkins, at Honolulu. Four others were taken by 
him, 1 by us, and 3 by the Albatross. These are I to 1.25 inches long. 
Lophius bigtblms LacCpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., I, 325, 1798, no locality given. 
Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Ill, 1817, 132, Isle of France. 
Antennarius unicornis Bennett, Zool. Journ., Ill, 1828, 374, pi. 9, fig. 1, Madagascar. 
Chironectes rcticulalus Eydonx & Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, Poiss., 186, pi. 5, fig. 2, 1841, Sandwich Islands. 
Antennarius tube r osus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., XVI, 1858, 240. 
Antennarius bigibbus , Gunther, Cat., Ill, 199, 1861 (Madagascar); Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, V, 165, taf. CV, fig. B. 1876 
(Paumotu, Sandwich, and Huahuie islands); Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 511 (Hono- 
lulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 537 (Honolulu). 
436. Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann. Plate 64. 
Head (to end of opercle) 2.5 in length; depth 1.75; eye 5 in head; snout 4; width of mouth 2; D. 
1-1-12; A. 7; P. 12; V. 5. 
Body very deep, compressed, back elevated; head deep, with blunt conic profile in front, some- 
what oblique above; snout broad, obtuse, surface uneven; mouth broad, large, nearly vertical; maxil- 
lary concealed under skin, reaching below anterior part of eye; lips fleshy; teeth in jaws minute, in 
narrow bands; teeth on palatines rather large, sharp-pointed, none on vomer; tongue broad, thick; 
mandible large, with fleshy knob at symphysis, projecting; nostrils circular, well separated, with 
rounded fleshy rims; interorbital space convex, roughened; top of head with rather large concave pit; 
eye high, anterior; bait rather short, only reaching a little beyond first spine, with fleshy caruncle at 
extremity; dorsal spines short, first free, rough, depressible in pit on top of head; second dorsal spine 
twice length of first, equal to width of mouth, depressible, and united with skin of back to its tip; pos- 
terior dorsal rays longest, and the last, like that of anal, united to caudal peduncle by a membrane; 
anal similar, rounded, elongate, 1.5 in head; pectoral broad; ventral small, rounded; caudal peduncle 
small, compressed, its depth equal to interorbital space; body rather rough, mucous pores on head and 
in lateral line with excrescences; side of body with many pointed cutaneous flaps; second dorsal spine 
and first dorsal ray very rough, also with cutaneous flaps; lateral line very convex, running down 
toward middle of base of anal. 
Color in alcohol, pale plumbeous gray, more or less spotted or mottled with darker; belly and lower 
surface rather pale, the spots distinct; fins all more or less pale with dark spots, some at basal portions 
of dorsal and anal darker; iris blackish with radiating lines of golden. 
The above description is from the type, No. 50659, U. S. N. M. (field No. 541), taken at Waikiki, 
near Honolulu. 
Another example (field No. 539) show's some differences: Head (to end- of opercle) 2.5 in length; 
depth 1.7; eye3 in head; maxillary 1.8; width of mouth 1.7; interorbital 3.7; I). i-i-12; A. 7; P. 12; V. 5. 
Body very deep, compressed, back elevated; head deep, gibbous, with blunt conic profile in front, 
somewhat oblique above; snout broad, obtuse, short, surface uneven; mouth large, obliquely vertical; 
maxillary large, reaching a little beyond front portion of eye; lips fleshy; teeth in jaws minute, sharp, 
in bands; teeth on roof of mouth large, sharp-pointed; tongue large, hroad, thick; mandible large, 
with knob at symphysis, projecting; nostrils well separated, close to end of snout, each with elevated 
fleshy rims, the anterior higher; interorbital space broad, elevated, uneven; top of head with rather 
large pit; eye high, anterior; bait short, reaching tip of first dorsal spine, with caruncle at extremity; 
