Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 104.—European toadfisli (Batrachoides didactylus). Skull from Fig. 105.—European toadfisli. Skull from below. After Steindachner. gill] LIFE HISTORIES OF TOADFISHES 391 Beaufort, N. C, species of Prionotns are designated as flying England, toadfish is a little used synonym of the angler. Inother countries, where the Batrachoidids are unknown, the Tetra-odontids are almost universally designated as toadfishes, and thename in Australia and the Cape Colony always suggests thosefishes and those only. Sapo is the Spani
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 104.—European toadfisli (Batrachoides didactylus). Skull from Fig. 105.—European toadfisli. Skull from below. After Steindachner. gill] LIFE HISTORIES OF TOADFISHES 391 Beaufort, N. C, species of Prionotns are designated as flying England, toadfish is a little used synonym of the angler. Inother countries, where the Batrachoidids are unknown, the Tetra-odontids are almost universally designated as toadfishes, and thename in Australia and the Cape Colony always suggests thosefishes and those only. Sapo is the Spanish equivalent of toad andin partly Spanish-speaking countries, as Florida and California, thename is used for the Batrachoidids. Opsanus The genus Opsainis has a naked and rather loose thick skin andthe head more or less beset with skinny tags; the opercle has two
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