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STRIATED LOPHIUS. 
Generic Character. 
Teeth numerous, minute. 
Eyes vertical. Shape uncouth. 
Ventral Fins more or lefs refembling- feet. 
Specific Character . 
COMPRESSED BROWN LOPHIUS, marked 
all over with very numerous black breaks. 
The three new and curious fpecies of the genus 
Lophius exhibited in the prefent number may be 
confidered as convincing proofs of the zoological 
treafures fo richly difperfed in the regions of the 
Southern Hemifphere. They are each reprefented 
of the natural lize, and differ widely from the reft 
of the genus hitherto difeovered. The firft of thefe, 
or L: ftriatus, is amongft the number of new ani¬ 
mals difeovered by Sir Jofcph Banks during his firft 
voyage to the South Seas. It is found about the 
coaft of New Holland and the neighbouring ifles. 
The two following fpecies are alfo natives of the 
fame regions*. 
