Fishes . coloredfishes, looking like gobies. Pteropsaron is a Japanese genus,with high dorsal and anal fins; Parapercis is more widely schaiiinslandi is one of the neatest of the small fishes ofHawaii. Several species of Parapercis and Neopercis occur in H Suborder Jugulares 713 Japan and numerous others in the waters of Polynesia. Pseu-delegiims majori of the Italian Miocene must belong near Para-percis. The Bathy master ides, or ronquils, are perhaps allied to theNototheniida; they resemble the OpistJiognathidcB, but the jawsare shorter and they have a large number of verteb
Fishes . coloredfishes, looking like gobies. Pteropsaron is a Japanese genus,with high dorsal and anal fins; Parapercis is more widely schaiiinslandi is one of the neatest of the small fishes ofHawaii. Several species of Parapercis and Neopercis occur in H Suborder Jugulares 713 Japan and numerous others in the waters of Polynesia. Pseu-delegiims majori of the Italian Miocene must belong near Para-percis. The Bathy master ides, or ronquils, are perhaps allied to theNototheniida; they resemble the OpistJiognathidcB, but the jawsare shorter and they have a large number of vertebra; as befitstheir northern distribution. Ronqiiilus jordani is found in PugetSound and Bathymaster signatiis in Alaska. The ventral raysare I, 5, and the many-rayed dorsal has a few slender spines infront. The Leptoscopidae.—The Leptoscopida of New Zealand re-semble the weevers and star-gazers, but the head is unarmed,covered by thin skin. The Star-gazers: Uranoscopidae. — The UranoscopidcB, or star-. FiG. 613.—Bathymaster signatus Cope. Shumagin Is., .\laska. gazers, have the head cuboid, mostly bony above, the mouthalmost vertical, the lips usually fringed, and the eyes on theflat upper surface of the head. The spinous dorsal is short andmay be wanting. The hypercoracoid has a foramen, and thebody is naked or covered with small scales. The appearance iseccentric, like that of some of the ScorpcBnida, but the anatomydiffers in several ways from that of the mailed-cheek fishes. The species inhabit warm seas, and the larger ones are food-fishes of some importance. One species, Uranoscopus scaber,abounds in the Mediterranean. Uranoscopus japonicus andother species are found in Japan. Astroscopiis y-gmciim is thecommonest species on our Atlantic coast. The bare spaces onthe top of the head in this species yield vigorous electricshocks. Another American species is Astroscopiis guttatiis. InJapan and the East Indies the forms are more numerous andvaried. Ichthyscopus lebeck,
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