. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Suborder Jugulares 503 Japan and numerous others in the waters of Polynesia. Pseu- deleginus majori of the Italian Miocene must belong near Para- percis. The BathymasteridcB, or ronquils, are perhaps allied to the NototheniidcB; they resemble the Opisthognathida, but the jaws are shorter and they have a large number of vertebrae as befits their northern distribution. Ronquilus jordani is found in Puget Sound and Bathymaster signatus in Alaska. The ventral rays are I, 5, and the many-rayed dorsal has a few slender spines in front. The L
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Suborder Jugulares 503 Japan and numerous others in the waters of Polynesia. Pseu- deleginus majori of the Italian Miocene must belong near Para- percis. The BathymasteridcB, or ronquils, are perhaps allied to the NototheniidcB; they resemble the Opisthognathida, but the jaws are shorter and they have a large number of vertebrae as befits their northern distribution. Ronquilus jordani is found in Puget Sound and Bathymaster signatus in Alaska. The ventral rays are I, 5, and the many-rayed dorsal has a few slender spines in front. The Leptoscopidae.—The Leptoscopidcs of New Zealand re- semble the weevers and star-gazers, but the head is unarmed, covered by thin skin. The Star-gazers: Uranoscopidae. — The Uranoscopidce, or star-. FiG. 444.—Bathymaster signatus CoTpe. Shumagiii Is., Alaska. gazers, have the head cuboid, mostly bony above, the mouth almost vertical, the lips usually fringed, and the eyes on the fiat upper surface of the head. The spinous dorsal is short and may be wanting. The hypercoracoid has a foramen, and the body is naked or covered with small scales. The appearance is eccentric, like that of some of the ScorpcsnidcB, but the anatomy differs 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 and other species are found in Japan. Astroscopus y-grmcum is the commonest species on our Atlantic coast. The bare spaces on the top of the head in this species yield vigorous electric shocks. Another American species is Astroscopus guttatus. In Japan and the East Indies the forms are more numerous and varied. Ichthyscopus lebeck, with a single dorsal, is a fantastic. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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