Fishes . inous 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
Fishes . inous 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, with a single dorsal, is a fantastic 7H Suborder Jugulares inhabitant of the seas of Japan, and Anema monopterygiiim inNew Zealand. Uranoscoptis peruzzii, an extinct star-gazer, has been de-scribed from the Pliocene of Fig. 613—A Star-Razer-Insropi/s ibwnus Jordan & Snyder. Iburi, Japan. The Dragonets: Callionymidae.—Remotely allied to the Ura-noscopidce is the interesting family of dragonets, or are small scaleless fishes with flat heads, the preoperclearmed with a strong spine, the body bearing a general resem-blance to the smaller and smoother Cottidcc. The gill-openingsare very small, the ventral fins wide apart. The colors arehighly variegated, the fins are high, often filamentous, and thesexes dilTer much in coloration and in the development of thefins. The species are especially numerous on the shores ofJapan, where Callionymiis valeiiciennesi, Callionymns bcnitegnri,and Calliiirichthys japoniciis are food-fishes of some slight impor-tance. Others are found in the East Indies, and several largeand handsome forms are taken in the Mediterranean. Calliony-vnis draco, the dragonet, or sculpin, reaches the coast of Eng-land. In America but three species have been tak
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