. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 63. AULORIIYNCHID^ AUL0RHYNCHU8. 391 Family ^. ^i!^- Bo;ly elongate, nearly cyliiidiicil, with a very slender, depressed cau- dal peiluncle. Skin naked, with a few series of partly caucoaled i)late8. Mouth terminal, small, at the end of a tube whieli is about as long as the rest of the head; teeth very small; branchiostegals 4. Gill-mem- branes slightly connected, free from the isthmus. Dorsal fin with many small, low, free spines, each of which is depressible in a groove; soft dorsal short, elevated in
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 63. AULORIIYNCHID^ AUL0RHYNCHU8. 391 Family ^. ^i!^- Bo;ly elongate, nearly cyliiidiicil, with a very slender, depressed cau- dal peiluncle. Skin naked, with a few series of partly caucoaled i)late8. Mouth terminal, small, at the end of a tube whieli is about as long as the rest of the head; teeth very small; branchiostegals 4. Gill-mem- branes slightly connected, free from the isthmus. Dorsal fin with many small, low, free spines, each of which is depressible in a groove; soft dorsal short, elevated in front; anal similar to the second dorsal, pre- ceded by a single spine; caudal flu small, forked. An oblong, naked area in front of the pectorals. Ventrals thoracic, but inserted some- wbat behind pectorals, I, 4, or I, 5. Genus 1; species 2. Small fishes of the North Pacific, intermediate between the Sticklebacks and the Trumpet-fishes. {Aulorhyitchidw Gill, Proc. Acad. Nut. Sci. Phila. 1832, 2:i3,) 0. Skiuof bead nuked; ventrals 1,5; pectoral , 192, 103.—AULORUVNCIIUS Gill. (Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18GI, 1!)9: type Anlorhynchiinjlavidua Gill.) Body very long and slender, almost cylindrical; caudal peduncle elongate, tapering, much depressed, espe(!ially posteriorly. Skin naked, with a series of small, rugose shields, one on each side of the lateral line, one on each side of the dorsal fin, and a double row on the lower edge of caudal peduncle. Lateral line present. Head not mailed. Mouth small, horizontal, at the end of a tube which is slightly longer than the rest of the head. Premaxillary bones much expanded, with long and slender processes; lower jaw projecting, with a flap at symphysis. Teeth in the jaws rather sharp, almost in one series; palate tooth- less. Dorsal spines numerous, entirely separate, equal and very short, the first inserted above the pectorals. Dorsal and anal fins posterior, nearly equal, oblong, elevated in
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