Hugh M. Smith, Lewis Radcliffe

“ In the roof of the mouth is a bulb which shines through a toothless space in the front of the upper jaw, and attracts prey, which, having entered the mouth, is prevented from escaping by two pairs of large, hinged, hooked teeth. Hugh M. Smith and Lewis Radcliffe, of the United States Fisheries, have published a scientific description of this wonderful fish with the snare mouth, and have named it Thaumatichthys (from thauma, a wonder, and ichthus, a fish) pagidostomus (from pagis, a trap or snare, and stoma, a mouth) . ”