Fishes . ropomida as distinct families, but their relation-ships with Apogon are certainly very close. Many generaallied to Apogon and Ambaisis occur in Australian fossils referred to Apogon {Apogon spinosus, etc.) occurin the Eocene of Italy and Germany. The Anomalopidae.—The family of Anomalopida: is a smallgroup of deep-sea fishes of uncertain relationship, but per-haps remotely related to Apogon. Auomalops palpebrata isfound in Polynesia and has beneath the eye a large luminousorgan unlike an\i;hing seen elsewhere among fishes. The Asineopidae. — Another family of doubtful
Fishes . ropomida as distinct families, but their relation-ships with Apogon are certainly very close. Many generaallied to Apogon and Ambaisis occur in Australian fossils referred to Apogon {Apogon spinosus, etc.) occurin the Eocene of Italy and Germany. The Anomalopidae.—The family of Anomalopida: is a smallgroup of deep-sea fishes of uncertain relationship, but per-haps remotely related to Apogon. Auomalops palpebrata isfound in Polynesia and has beneath the eye a large luminousorgan unlike an\i;hing seen elsewhere among fishes. The Asineopidae. — Another family of doubtful relationshipis tliat (ft Asincopidcs, elsewhere noticed. It is composed ofextinct fresh-water fishes found in the Green River shales. InAsineops squamifrons the opercles are unarmed, the teethvilliform, and the dorsal fin undivided, composed of eight or The Bass and their Relatives 533 nine spines and twelve to fourteen soft rays. The anal spines,as in Apogon, are two only, and the scales are Fig. 422.—Apogon scmilincatus Sfhlcgel. JVIisaki, Japan. The Robalos: * Oxylabracidae. — The family of Robalos (Oxy-labracidcB or Centropoimdce) is closely related to the Serranidce,differing among other things in having the conspicuous lateralline extended on the caudal fin. These are silvery fishes with
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