Distribution.—Macao, China.
Family 22.—BATRACHIDÆ. (3 Genera, 12 Species.)
"Marine fishes, with sub-cylindrical body and broad depressed head."
Distribution.—The coasts of nearly all tropical and south temperate regions, ranging from New York and Portugal to Chili and Tasmania.
Family 23.—PEDICULATI. (8 Genera, 40 Species.)
"Marine carnivorous fishes, with very large heads and without scales."
Distribution.—Seas of all temperate and tropical regions, extending south to New Zealand and north to Greenland.
A species of Lophius (the Fishing-frog or Sea-Devil) is found in British seas. The genus Antennarius, comprising two-thirds of the species, is wholly tropical.
Family 24.—BLENNIDÆ. (33 Genera, 201 Species.)
"Carnivorous fishes, with long sub-cylindrical naked bodies, living at the bottom of shallow water in seas, or tidal rivers."