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it, under I lie name of Plaf/yorttiN, left by him in manuscript, was after- 

 wards quoted by Pallas, without indorsement. Steller wrote before 

 Linna-us, and apparently used the name Playi/mlnx as a mononomial 

 designation for his particular specimen or species, and not in the sense 

 of a Linmcan genus. It seems to us, :it present, best to retain the name 

 (, privative; /:-:?, scale; <ra r >//<;?, Saurus = Synod us.) 



* Ventral rays I) or 10. (.Ilcp><losai<ni8.) 



458. A. fea'ox Lowe. Lancct-fixh. 



The length of the head is twice the height of the body, and rather less 

 than one-sixth of the total. Eye median, in head, as wide as the 

 interorbital space. Dorsal tin much elevated; pectorals elongated, but 

 not reaching nearly to ventrals; first ray of dorsal, pectoral, and ventral 

 serrated. Upper caudal lobe produced into a long filament. D. 41-44; 

 A. 14^-17; P. 14-15; V. 9-10. (Giinthcr.) Deep waters of the Atlantic; 

 lately obtained off the coast of Massachusetts by the United States 

 Fish Commission. A specimen of this or some closely-related species 

 has been procured by Dr. I3ean in Alaska. 



(Alepwaurus ferox Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud, i, 395; Giinther, v, 421.) 



**Yentral rays 1:5. (Caitlopiis Gill.*) 



455). A. foorealis Gill. 



Dorsal fin with about 34 rays, the first of which is rather stout, and 

 anteriorly has a prominent compressed ridge, which is crenulated in 

 front. Ventral fins at least as long as the head. V. 13; T>. 5. Mon- 

 terey to Alaska; occasionally cast on shore. 



'ill, I'rnc. Arad. Nat. Sci. 1'liila. l-lr,', 1-JH; .llcpidoxininix borculix GiintluT, v, 4'J:5: 

 duilo/ni-i *< ;; cill, 1'i'oc. Acad. Nat. Sri. 1'liila. isiivi, 1I51, from Monterey ; known l>y 

 a mutilated specimen only, whieh "dill'ers I'nnn ('. buri'tilin liy the oliloii^ o|>errii!nm. 

 the nearly n|iial triangular sliajie nl' the eoaleseent inlVaoiicrrular lione almve the 

 dividing ri<l-e. l>ut \\iih an oliliijiie exeavalion at its liase, which deserilies nearly 

 the third ol' a circle, as well as the sculpture of the portion below the dividing 



ridge". 



FAMILY XLL PARALEPIDID^E. 



(The 



P.ody elongate, somewhat compressed, formed much as in a I'.arracnda, 

 co\ civil \\ illi c\cloid scales of model-ate or rat her large si/.e. Head long, 

 usually scaly on the sides. Mouth \ cry large, lower ja.\v projecting. 

 PremaiJIlary not jiroject ile, vcr\ long ;nid slender, forming the entire 

 margin of I he upper ja\\ . Maxillary long and slender, closely adherent 



Gill, I'roc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1'hila. l-i'..'. T'-: l\pe .lli'j>ix<iiiru>< all'tnli* Poey, from 

 Cuba. (iic.r.\u : , .->!eiii: TtOVS, loot ; /. <., ventral lius ol" many stems or rays.) 



