. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . or then a remarkable form{Sladenia) has been describedby C. Tate Regan from the In-dian Ocean ( Chagos Archi-pelago, Salomon) in theTransactions of the LinneanSociety of London (ZooL (2),XII, p. 250, pL 32, 1908). Figures are here added of theside view of the body as well asremarkable ovaries of the com-mon angler and its skeleton, forcomparison with the Ggg raft ofthe frog fish {Pterophryne) andthe skeleton of an illustration of the Sla-denia is also reproduced. THE ANTENNARIIDS. Th

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. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . or then a remarkable form{Sladenia) has been describedby C. Tate Regan from the In-dian Ocean ( Chagos Archi-pelago, Salomon) in theTransactions of the LinneanSociety of London (ZooL (2),XII, p. 250, pL 32, 1908). Figures are here added of theside view of the body as well asremarkable ovaries of the com-mon angler and its skeleton, forcomparison with the Ggg raft ofthe frog fish {Pterophryne) andthe skeleton of an illustration of the Sla-denia is also reproduced. THE ANTENNARIIDS. The richest in species (but notin genera) of the families ofthe Pediculate fishes is that ofthe Antennariids. These spe-cies are mostly inhabitants oftropical coral seas of moderatedepths, but a few have estab-lished homes in the midst offloating seaweed, and others inwaters of considerable most characteristic andthose which come most fre-quently in the field of observa-tion of ordinary travelers arerepresentatives of two genera, Antennarins and

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