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LOPHIUS. 
The head very wide, depressed, with protuberances; mouth capacious, 
armed with formidable teeth. On the head long, separate, moveable 
tendrils, distinct from the dorsal fins, which are two in number. 8kin 
soft, without scales. Pectoral fins fleshy and horizontal, formed like 
arms, the Dones of which resemble the bones of the human arm, but 
in reality answer to the bones of the wrist Ventral fins like feet. 
The gill membrane wide, supported by long bony rays; the gills 
themselves on each side formed of three arches, opening behind the 
pectoral fins. 
ANGLER. 
TOADFISH FKOGFISII. FISHING FROG. SEA DEVIL. 
Sana piseafrix, S. marina, 
tt it it 
LopTdus piscatorms, 
it it 
Lophie 'Bandroie, 
Baudroie PecJieresse, 
Lophius piscatorlus, 
it it 
it it 
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JoNSTON ; Table 11, f. 8, p. 37. 
Willoughby; p. 81-, Table E 1. 
LiNNAius. Cuvier. 
Grippitu’s Cuvier, pi. 44. 
Bloch; pi. 87. Donovan; pi. 101. 
Lacei’ede. 
Eisso. 
Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 214. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 389. 
Yarrell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 305. 
Gunther; Cat. Br. M., vol. iii. 
This appears to be the fish which is described by Caius 
under the name of Ceruchus, hut he does not seem to be 
aware that it had been noticed by any other writer; and 
indeed it may be true as he remarks, that he was the first 
that gave a precise description ot it. 
The remarkable form of this fish, in connection with its still 
more remarkable manners, had attracted the attention of 
observers of nature from the earliest times; and, strange to 
