3 6 4 



Surmullets, Croakers, etc. 



of Aplodactylus live on the coasts of Chile and Australia. They 

 are herbivorous fishes, with flat, tricuspid teeth, and except 

 for their pectoral fins are very similar to the Kyphosida. 



FIG. 301. Cirrhitus rivulatus Valenciennes. Mazatlan. 



The Sandfishes: Trichodontidae. In the neighborhood of the 

 Latridida, Dr. Boulenger places the Trichodontidcs or sandfishes, 

 small, scaleless, silvery fishes of the northern Pacific. These 



FIG. 302. Sandfish, Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius). Shumagin Islands, Alaska. 



are much compressed in body, with very oblique mouths, with 

 fringed lips and, as befits their northern habitat, with a much 

 increased number of vertebrae. They bury themselves in sand 

 under the surf, and the two species, Trichodon trichodon and 

 Arctoscopus japonicus, range very widely in the regions washed 

 by the Japan current. These species bear a strong resemblance 

 to the star-gazers (Uranoscopus), but this likeness seems to be 

 superficial only. 



