. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 33. ALEPOCEPHALID^ ALEPOCEPIIALUS. 257 Family XXXIIL— Body oblon}?, compressed, covered with tliiii cycloid or keeled scales, or with naked, prickly skin. Head naked. Lateral line developed. No biirbi'ls. Mouth moderate oc large. IMargin of the upper jaw formed 1)V the prcmaxillaries and the maxillaries, the former being placed along the lipped anterior edge of the latter. Teeth feeble. Opercvilar ap- paratus complete, its bones thin. No adipose tin. Dorsal fin long iiiul li)\v, posterior, inserted opposit
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 33. ALEPOCEPHALID^ ALEPOCEPIIALUS. 257 Family XXXIIL— Body oblon}?, compressed, covered with tliiii cycloid or keeled scales, or with naked, prickly skin. Head naked. Lateral line developed. No biirbi'ls. Mouth moderate oc large. IMargin of the upper jaw formed 1)V the prcmaxillaries and the maxillaries, the former being placed along the lipped anterior edge of the latter. Teeth feeble. Opercvilar ap- paratus complete, its bones thin. No adipose tin. Dorsal fin long iiiul li)\v, posterior, inserted opposite t\m anal; pectorals short, i)laced nitUer high; veuuals usually well back, sometimes wanting. Gill-open- ings very wide, the membraues free from the isthmus. Pseudobranchiai present. No gular phite. No air-bladder. Stomnch curved, without blind sac. Pyloric c(i?ca in moderate number. Fishes of the deep seas; but one species known until recently. Lately 5 genera and 7 species have been described from the abyssal faunae of the mid Atlantic and I'acitic. (AhpocejyhaJidw Gimtlior, vn, 477.) (I. Scales cycloid; dorsal and anal suboqnal, opposite eac'a other; month small; jaws nearly even; small tooth in jaws, vomer, and palatines. Alicpocephali's, lir». Risso. (Risso, Mom. Acad. Nat. Sci. Tnrin, xxv, 270, IK20: typo .ilcpoccphahta roatmtuH Risso, from the Mediterranean.) Body oblong, compressed. Mouth rather small, the snout somewhat prolonged. Jaws nearly equal in front; a series of small teeth in each jiiw and on the vomer and palatines. Eye very large. Gill-membranes oiitiioly separate. Branchiostegals (>. Opercular bones thin. Dorsal low and rather long, with a scaly base, opposite and similar to the anal. Pectorals and ventrals rather small. Caudal moderately forlced. Scales rather large, thin and cycloid. Dee])-8ea fishes of the Atlantic and Mediterranean, {a, privative; Ae-t'r, scale; xtfaX-j^ head.) 430. A. bairdll Goodo & Bran. ITnifo'in in
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