Fishes . angiismedusicola and Pepriliis small species of Psenes,a related genus, also abound inthe warm currents from tropicalseas. The Rag-fishes: Icosteidae. —Allied to the butter-fishes arethe deep-water Icosteidce, fishesof soft, limp bodies as unre-sistent as a wet rag, Icosteusocnigvtaticus of the Californiacoast being known as medusophagus feedson medusai and salpa, living onthe surface in the deep Ogilby thus speaks of aspecimen taken in Ireland: It was the most delicate adult fish I ever handled; withintwenty-four hours after its capture the sk
Fishes . angiismedusicola and Pepriliis small species of Psenes,a related genus, also abound inthe warm currents from tropicalseas. The Rag-fishes: Icosteidae. —Allied to the butter-fishes arethe deep-water Icosteidce, fishesof soft, limp bodies as unre-sistent as a wet rag, Icosteusocnigvtaticus of the Californiacoast being known as medusophagus feedson medusai and salpa, living onthe surface in the deep Ogilby thus speaks of aspecimen taken in Ireland: It was the most delicate adult fish I ever handled; withintwenty-four hours after its capture the skin of the belly andthe intestines fell off when it was Hfted, and it felt in the handquite soft and boneless. A related species (5. heathi) has beenlately taken by Dr. Charles H. Gilbert at Monterey in California. The family of Acrotida; contains a single species of large willoHghbyi, allied to Icosteus, but without ventral finsand with the vertebrae very niimerous. The type, five and one-. FlG. 390. — Portupuese Man-of-wiirFish, (iobiomorus yronviii. rainilySlromateidce. Cavallas and Pampanos tqi quarter feet long, was thrown by a storm on the coast of Wash-ington, near the Qtiinnault agency. The family of ZaproridcB contains also a single large species,Zaprora sileniis, without ventrals, but scaly and firm in sub-stance. One specimen 2\ feet long was taken at Nanaimo onVancouver Island and a smaller one at Victoria. The Pomfrets: Bramidae. — The Bramidce are broad-bodiedfishes of the open seas, covered with firm adherent scales. Theflesh is firm and the skeleton heavy, the hypercoracoid espe-cially much dilated. Of the various species the pomfret, orblack bream (Brama rati), is the best known and most widelydiffused. It reaches a length of two to four feet and is sooty blackin color. It is not rare in Europe and has been occasionallytaken at Grand Bank off Newfoundland, at the Bermudas, offthe coast of Washington, on Santa Catalina Island, and in
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