Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 113. —Porichthys airbladder. AfterKner. 402 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vol. 48 genus of the family and the other on account of the venomousexudations its species emit. Batrachoides The genus Batrachoides, the name-giver of the family, is separatedfrom the others by the scaly body and none of its species ascend tosuch high latitudes as some of Opsanus and Porichthys. The typicalspecies, B. didactylus, is an inhabitant of the Mediterranean sea andthe nearby Atlantic coasts, although occasionally wanderers have. Fig. 114.—European toadfish
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . Fig. 113. —Porichthys airbladder. AfterKner. 402 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vol. 48 genus of the family and the other on account of the venomousexudations its species emit. Batrachoides The genus Batrachoides, the name-giver of the family, is separatedfrom the others by the scaly body and none of its species ascend tosuch high latitudes as some of Opsanus and Porichthys. The typicalspecies, B. didactylus, is an inhabitant of the Mediterranean sea andthe nearby Atlantic coasts, although occasionally wanderers have. Fig. 114.—European toadfish iBatrachoides didactylus). After Smitt. been found far away. Two species live along the American coasts;one (B. Surinamensis) occurs in the Caribbean Sea and another {) along the coast of Panama and in neighboring species are found in the tropical waters of the old is known of the habits of any of them. Even for the Euro-pean form Smitt was forced to supply information respecting thegenus from data gathered about the common American toadfishrather than from European sources. Thalassophryne The genus TJialassopJirync has a scaleless skin with only a singlelateral line, head moderate and cuboidal, opercles very small andextended backwards into single strong hollowed spines, suboperclesspineless, and the first dorsal with two hollowed spines. ThehoUowad opercular and dorsal spines are connected with spe-cial glands at their bases. The species of Thalassophryne havea distinctly developed poison apparatus, to some extent anal
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