414 Series Plectognathi 



lepis hispidus and Ceratacanthus schcepfi are common species. 

 In the West Indies are numerous others, Osbeckia lazvis and 



FIG. 346. File- fish, Osbeckia Icevis (scripta). Wood's Hole, Mass. 



Alutera guntheriana, largest in size, among the commonest. Both 

 of these are large fishes without ventral spine. Monacanthus 

 chinensis, with a great, drooping dewlap of skin behind the 



FIG. 347. The Needle-bearing File- fish, A manses scopas of Samoa. 



ventral spine, is found on the coast of China. Of the numerous 

 Japanese species, the most abundant and largest is Pseudomon- 



