Opisthomi and Anacanthini 



ment without caudal fin. The scales are usually rough and 

 spinous. The species are usually large in size, and dull gray or 

 black in color. 



The best-known genus is Macrourus. Macrourus berglax 

 is found on both shores of the north Atlantic. Macrourus 



FIG. 494. Grenadier, Caelorhynchtis carminattis Goode & Bean. Martha's Vineyard. 



bairdi is abundant in off-shore dredgings from Cape Cod to Cuba. 

 Macrourus cinereus, the pop-eye grenadier, outnumbers all other 

 fishes in the depths of Bering Sea. Ccelorhynchus japonicus is 

 often taken by fishermen in Japan. Coryphcsnoides rupestris 

 is common in the north Atlantic. Bogoslovius clarki and 



FIG. 495. Steindachneretta argentea (Goode & Bean). Gulf Stream. 



Albatrossia pectoralis were dredged by the Albatross about the 

 volcanic island of Bogoslof. Trachyrhynchus trachyrhynchus 

 is characteristic of the Mediterranean. Nematonurus goodei is 

 common in the Gulf Stream, and Dolloa longifilis is found off 

 Japan. Other prominent genera are Bathygadus, Gadomus, Re- 

 gania, and Steindachnerella. 



The Murcenolepida are deep-sea fishes, with minute eel-like 

 scales, and no caudal fin. The ventrals are five-rayed and there 

 are 10 pterygials. 



