Fishes . Fig. 256 —Stomias fcrox Reinhardt. Banquereau. the several species Stomias ferox is best kno^^^l. According toDr. Boulenger, these fishes are true Isospondyli. Astronesthida is another small group of small fishes nakedand black, with long canines, found in the deep sea. The Malacosteida is a related group with extremely dis- 352 The Grayling and the Smelt tensible mouth, the species capable of swallowing fishes muchlarger than themselves. The viper-fishes {Chaidiodontidcc) are very feeble and veryvoracious little fishes occasionally brought up from the sloanei is not
Fishes . Fig. 256 —Stomias fcrox Reinhardt. Banquereau. the several species Stomias ferox is best kno^^^l. According toDr. Boulenger, these fishes are true Isospondyli. Astronesthida is another small group of small fishes nakedand black, with long canines, found in the deep sea. The Malacosteida is a related group with extremely dis- 352 The Grayling and the Smelt tensible mouth, the species capable of swallowing fishes muchlarger than themselves. The viper-fishes {Chaidiodontidcc) are very feeble and veryvoracious little fishes occasionally brought up from the sloanei is notable for the length of the fangs. Much smaller and feebler are the species of the closelyrelated family of Goiwstomidcc. Gonostoma and Cyclothoncdwell in oceanic abysses. One species, Cyclothone elongata,occius at the depth of from half a mile to nearly four miles. Fio 257.—Chauliodus slounei Schneider. Grand Banks. almost ever^-Avhere throughout the oceans. It is probablythe most widely distributed, as well as one of the feeblest andmost fragile, of all bassalian or deep-sea fishes. Suborder Iniomi, the Lantern-fishes.—-The suborder Iniomi(Ivioy, nape; oj/<o., shoulder) comprises soft-rayed fishes, inwhich the shoulder-girdle has more or less lost its com-pleteness of structure as part of the degradation consequenton life in the abysses of the sea. These features distinguishthese forms from the true Isospondyli, but only in a very fewof the species have these characters been verified by actualexamination of the skeleton. The mesocoracoid arch is wantingor atrophied in all of the species examined, and the orbito-sphenoid is lacking, so far as known. The group thus agrees inmost technical characters with the Haplomi, in which group theyare placed by Dr. Boulenger. On the other hand the relation-ships to the Isospondyli are very close, and
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