Fishes . Fig. 470—Cirrhilus rivulalus Valenciennes. Mazatlan. The Sandfishes: Trichodontidae.—In the neighborhood of theLatrididcr, Dr. Boulenger places the Trichodontida: or sandfishes,small, scaleless, silvery fishes of the northern Pacific. These. Fig. 471.—Sandfish, Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius). Shumagin Islands, Alaska. are much compressed in body, with very oblique mouths, A\4thfringed lips and, as befits their northern habitat, with a muchincreased number of vertebrae. They bury themselves in sandtmder the surf, and the two species, Trichodon trichodon andArctoscoptis japonicus, range

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Fishes . Fig. 470—Cirrhilus rivulalus Valenciennes. Mazatlan. The Sandfishes: Trichodontidae.—In the neighborhood of theLatrididcr, Dr. Boulenger places the Trichodontida: or sandfishes,small, scaleless, silvery fishes of the northern Pacific. These. Fig. 471.—Sandfish, Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius). Shumagin Islands, Alaska. are much compressed in body, with very oblique mouths, A\4thfringed lips and, as befits their northern habitat, with a muchincreased number of vertebrae. They bury themselves in sandtmder the surf, and the two species, Trichodon trichodon andArctoscoptis japonicus, range very widely in the regions washedby the Japan current. These species bear a strong resemblanceto the star-gazers (Uranoscopus), but this likeness seems to besuperficial only.

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