Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . rinches. 2 In many parts of Florida the fishermen are whites, especially at Key West,and some of them are quite well informed. According to Cantor the Batracliiis grunniens of Indian waters isconsidered by the natives of the Malaccan coast to be poisonous. Pellegrinenumerates it as one of Poissons veneneux (1899, p. 95), but adds thatno confirmatory experiments have been signalized. gill] LIFE HISTORIES OF TOADFISHES 401 Goode (1885) forecast for the toadfish an acceptability which itdid not enjoy in his time; it may, he foretold, be regarded asconstitut
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . rinches. 2 In many parts of Florida the fishermen are whites, especially at Key West,and some of them are quite well informed. According to Cantor the Batracliiis grunniens of Indian waters isconsidered by the natives of the Malaccan coast to be poisonous. Pellegrinenumerates it as one of Poissons veneneux (1899, p. 95), but adds thatno confirmatory experiments have been signalized. gill] LIFE HISTORIES OF TOADFISHES 401 Goode (1885) forecast for the toadfish an acceptability which itdid not enjoy in his time; it may, he foretold, be regarded asconstituting one of the undeveloped resources of our waters, andit can scarcely be questioned that in future years it will be con-sidered as much more important than at present. PORICHTHYS . The genus Porichthys has a naked skin with several longi-tudinal rows of pores and shining spots, head smaller and less broadthan in Opsanns, and with various rows of pores, the opercle chieflydeveloped as a single spine, the subopercle spineless and little. Fig. 112.—Porichthys porosissivius. After Jordan and Evermann. developed, and the spinous dorsal reduced to two spines. The air-bladder has mjore attenuated anterior pointed divisions than that ofOpsanns. This is a genus remarkable for the silvery spots which remindone of the photophores of Scopelids and other deep sea fishes, thoughthey are entirely dissimilar otherwise. The threespecies are confined to the American waters. One of the species is common along the Cali-fornian coast; it is the Porichthys notatus, which at-tains a length of about fifteen inches. Its popularnames are singing-fish, canary-bird-fish, midship-man, cabezon and sapo. It makes a peculiar hum-ming noise with its air-bladder, hence the namesinging-fish, say Jordan and Evermann. It hasbeen asserted by C. F. Holder to make the loudestnoise he ever heard made by a fish. Onescarcely a foot long, which he kept in a tank, would utter aloud resonant croak or bark under water wh
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