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AMPHIBIA NANTES. LOPHIUS. 
LOPHIUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Spiraculct solitaria pone brachia; dentes plu - 
rimi minuti; pinna pectorales brachiis 
insidentes; branchia Ires tantum. 
Solitary spiracles behind the arms; nume¬ 
rous small teeth; the pectoral fins seated 
on the arms; the branchiae three only. 
No. XIX. 
Lofhius , processu ereclo, setaceo, apice dovata , mobile, ab labio superiore; corpore alepidoto, 
cute tenui, laxa, tec to ; pinnis pectoralibus in brachiis longis. 
Lophius, with an erect, setaceous, moveable process, clubbed at the point, rising from the 
upper lip ; the pectoral fins on long arms. 
Called by the Natives Kappa Mura Moia. 
Lophius Histrio Linn. S. JV. p. 402. 
D. 1. 1. 12. P. 10. V. 5. A. 7. G. 10. 
The shape of this singular animal will be better "collected from the figure, than from a description. The 
mouth large, oblique; the upper jaw longer than the under, both have a double row of close-set, small teeth; 
the tongue hard, obtuse. From the middle of the upper lip arises an erect cirrus, half an inch in length, with 
an oblong, pappy, club head, streaked (like a porcupine quill) alternately dusky and white; from the rostrum, 
a little behind this, arises a small rough, somewhat-curve, cartilaginous process, growing thicker gradually 
towards the end, which is set with short hairs; and a second of the same kind, but a little longer and more 
curved, lies reclined upon the ascending ridge of the back; between these, and immediately above the eye, is 
a deep depression of the crown. The eyes are remarkably small, and of a beautiful emerald colour. 
The dorsal fin consists of twelve rays, rendered less distinct by the rough skin, which is without scales, and 
every where hangs very loose. The ventral fins are very small, but like the others adipose at the roots. The 
ten rays of the pectoral fin at the end of the arm, resemble fingers. The caudal fin is round. The solitary 
branchial spiracula are behind the arms. 
The colour a yellowish white variegated with black streaks, the fins also are streaked, or spotted. The belly 
reddish. 
The length, three inches and a half. 
REMARKS. 
What I have described as a process, I find is reckoned by Gronovius, the ffrst dorsal fin. 
