O'MKli;; nON8 '' NOKTH AMKKICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



OIK on cadi >ide. Isthmus moderate : -ill-rakers small. Oviparous, 

 tin- egg-casea l:i^. elliptical. with silky filaments. Cenera '2 (Chlmivm 

 ami CnHni-lti/Hclius)-, species about .". Abounding in the seas of temper- 



ate ami cold iv-ion-. 



nut i-idtr t iiintli.T, viii, ::r.l-:;.V2.) 



mil ii-iiiiiii;iiiiiu r iii .-i riit:inrt>usilui> ; tail toot bent up ward... CHUtBRA, 45. 



15. CIIIRIJERA 



Bat-fishes. 



s, Mu>. K.-is. Ail. Friil. !,">:'>: Sy>i. Nat. : type Clilmnra itunixtrosa'L.) 



Head somewhat roiiipivssi-d, the, snout bluatish, protruding, llosliy, 

 m>t armed at tip with an appendage. Eyes vi-ry large, lateral. Teeth 

 lather strong. Lips thiekish, the lo\ver >vith a i'reiium. Lateral line 

 simple mi the ltu.lv. but I'nrking- anteriorly, forming several series of 

 mm-itiis tubes on the head. Male with a elub-s'iaped. cartilaginous hook 

 mi the head, above the snout. This hook is euned forward aud down- 

 ward, and is armed at its tip with deenrved spines. Its tip fits into a 

 depression in front of the eyes. Gill-opening small. Pectorals mod- 

 erate. Ventrals rather lar-e, with lar-e bilid ortrilid elaspers in the 

 male. Male also with rou^h ai)pemla.ues at the l>aseot'the veiitrals. 

 pnilriidin.L; from a sheath of skin. First dorsal triangular, jireeeded by 

 a strong >pine which is grooved behind and serrated on its ed^es. Sec- 

 ond dorsal ami caudal fins low, often more or less notched. Tail ex- 

 tending in the line of the axis of the body, sometimes produced in a 

 lilament. Skin smooth. Fishes of singular appearance ; mostly of the 

 northern seas; m>t valued for food. (.Y{',Mf/>, Chinurra,;\ fabulous mon- 

 ster, \\ith the head of a lion, body of a ^oat, and tail of a serpent.) 

 a. ClMfH i- in i IK- male tritiil. ( i '// 



71. . pliiniihca <:ill. 



"A c/inini ft \\ith the snout aciiiely produced; the ante-orbital flexure 

 of the snborbilal line extending little above the level of the inferior 

 mar-in i.f the orbit; the dorsals close together; the dorsal spine with 

 anterior -arfaee rounded: theventrals t rian^ular and jtointed ; the 

 pedoraN extfiidiii- to Hie outer axil of the ventrals; and the color uni- 

 lornilv pliimbei.n-..". \(iill.) A tlant ie coast from Tape (Jod northward; 

 in deep \\ater. 



;!l, Pi-..,-. I'liil.,,. BOO. \V:i,lnn-l.iii, Hi-i .-.'.'. 1-77.) 



pen in tin- m:il.- liil'nl. i IIiiilrnliii/iiN* (Jill.) 



'ili.p, . \ ' Pbila. 1862, 331 : type CftinuBra ool/tei. (v6up, water ; 



li.ir. ; I'nmi lln- liinii of lln- li[i-> and ti-rlh.) 



