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THE LIVING WORLD. 
TOAD FISH OK THE SARAGOSSA SEA, WITH ITS R.OCK PISH- QR BI<ACK GOBY . 
nest (Anneatarius vespertillio ). 
expert climbers, and spend much of their time on shore, mounting the rocks 
and climbing over the roots of trees. Their progression is by jumping, and so 
swiftly can they proceed that it requires a fair runner to overtake them. They 
burrow in the sand, but bring forth their young by constructing a ball of the 
sea-weed, in which the eggs are deposited. For some time after the young are 
hatched they continue near the nest, ready to fly back again and hide in their 
globular house. They are found chiefly along the shores of the East Indies, 
though one species is quite common about the California coast. It is hunted by 
the Malays and Chinese, who consider its flesh a great delicacy. About the 
coast of Borneo it is especially plentiful. 
antennae, with which it is provided, at the end of which are flashy lobes that 
shine like silver. This attracts small fishes, which, when within reach, the 
angler pounces upon with certain aim and crushes between his powerful jaws. 
It is from this habit that the name angler has been given. The jaws are said 
to be strong enough to crush an oyster shell, but the statement lacks confirma¬ 
tion. Some maintain that it retires into holes and there rears its brood like 
the toad fish , but naturalists have not been able to determine the truth of 
this claim. 
The Black Goby, or Rock Fish, is found widely distributed, and several 
species are more or less satisfactorily known. It is of a singular form, being 
like the frog fish, large of head and 
tapering towards the tail. The eyes 
are so protuberant as to appear as if 
situated on' a foot stalk. They are 
