Fishes . not brush-like, and thepost-temporal is free from the skull as in perch-like fishes. Thespecies inhabit the Pacific. Scorpis georgianus is a food-fish ofAustralia, with the body oblong. Monodactylus argenteus, thetoto of Samoa, is almost orbicular in form, while Psettias seba istwice as deep as long, the deepest-bodied of all fishes in propor-tion to its length. The Boarfishes: Antigoniidae.—The boarfishes (AntigoniidcB) arecharacterized by a very deep body covered with rough scales,the post-temporal, as in the Chcctodontidce and the ZeidcB, beingadnate to the skull. These fishes bear
Fishes . not brush-like, and thepost-temporal is free from the skull as in perch-like fishes. Thespecies inhabit the Pacific. Scorpis georgianus is a food-fish ofAustralia, with the body oblong. Monodactylus argenteus, thetoto of Samoa, is almost orbicular in form, while Psettias seba istwice as deep as long, the deepest-bodied of all fishes in propor-tion to its length. The Boarfishes: Antigoniidae.—The boarfishes (AntigoniidcB) arecharacterized by a very deep body covered with rough scales,the post-temporal, as in the Chcctodontidce and the ZeidcB, beingadnate to the skull. These fishes bear some resemblance to Zeus, but there is noevidence of close affinity nor is it clear that they are related tothe CIicBtodontidcB. Capros aper, the boarfish, is common insouthern Europe, reaching a length of less than a foot, theprotractile mouth suggesting that of a pig. The diamond-fishes, Antigonia, are deeper than long and strongly compressed,the body being covered with roughish The color is. Fig. 505.—Ptettia sebte Cuv. & Viil. East Indies. 6io The Squamipinnes 61 i salmon-red and the species live just below the depths ordinarily-explored by fishermen. Antigtvda capros is found at Madeiraand in the West Indies, Autigouia stcindachucri about Hawaiiand in Japan, while the smaller Antigonia mbcsccns is abundantin the Japanese bays at a depth reached by the dredge. Anextinct genus, Proantigonia from the Miocene is said to connectAntigonia with Capros. The Arches: Toxotidae.—The archers, ToxotidcB, have the body-compressed, the snout produced, and the dorsal fin with but fivespines. The skeleton differs widely from that of ChcBtcdon andthe family should perhaps rather find its place among the per-coids. Toxotes jacidatrix is found in the East Indies. Thename alludes to its supposed habit of catching insects by shoot-ing drops of water at them through its long mouth. The Ephippidae.—With the typical Squamipinnes, the teethbecome very slender, crowded in brush-Hke
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