. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. itream. ("Vy,"; Jordan and Evermann.—Fishes of North America. 837 One dorsal fill, short, with a few spines iu front. Ventral rays I, H. Deep- sea li^lies, allied to the Bcrycidw, 2 genera and 10 species known. (Trachich- Ihii'itlii. (ioode & Hean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 187, 1895.) ,1. Viiiiicr loothloss ; opcrcli> entire ; iiiial spineB 3. HopLosTRTiiuti,
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. itream. ("Vy,"; Jordan and Evermann.—Fishes of North America. 837 One dorsal fill, short, with a few spines iu front. Ventral rays I, H. Deep- sea li^lies, allied to the Bcrycidw, 2 genera and 10 species known. (Trachich- Ihii'itlii. (ioode & Hean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 187, 1895.) ,1. Viiiiicr loothloss ; opcrcli> entire ; iiiial spineB 3. HopLosTRTiiuti, :i7.'i. 375. HOPLOSTETHUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. ;^);)/<)<^'''"', CfviKR & Valenciennes, Hlat. Niit. PoiSH., iv, 409, l*<'2r, {metlUirranem). liody short and deep, much compressed. Head short, compressed, very liluiit anteriorly, deeper than long, with very conspicnouH mucous cavi- ties. Kye very large. Mouth very obliiiue, the jaws e»|ual when the niontli is closed. Maxillary long, broad behind, with a distinct supple- iiu'iital bone, which reaches the posterior border of the oye. Teeth very tine, \ iliiform, on jaws and palatines, none on the vomer. Suborbital with radiating ridges and a few spines; a vertical ridge on the front of tlie oiuTcle. Opercle little developed, its spine small or obsolete; a strong spine at the angle of the preopercle; the long vertical limb of the pre- opercle finely serrated. Gill membranes separate, free from the isthmus, liraiichiostegals 8. Scales moderate or small, ctenoid ; lateral line pres- ent, its scales enlarged ; abdomen with a series of bony plates, each end- inj; in u retrose spine. Dorsal fin continuous, short, the spines graduated, 6iu number; anal with 3 graduated spines; caudal forked, its rudinien- taiy rays spinous; pectorals low, rather lojij^; ventrals I, 6,rather short. Air bladder simple. Pyloric c«eca numerous. Vertebne 11 -\-15. Deep- sea tislies. Red in color. (onXov, armor; (rrz/^^of, breast.)
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