125 (6). CERATIID.E CEEATIAS. 847 



1 3OG. C. pictus Lowe. 



Bright orange above 5 sides rosy; fins vermilion, llostral tentacle 

 short, pedicellate; inuciferous channels, appearing' as chain-like rows 

 of pits. Head 1: depth 5. D. 1-11; A. 5; P. 11; V. 4; 0. 7. Deep 

 sea; taken at Madeira and off the coast of lihode Island. 



(Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. Load, iii, 339, 1346; Guuther, iii, 200; Goode, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1880, 470.) 



FAMILY CXXV (&). CERATIIDJE. 



Head and body compressed. Mouth terminal, more or less oblique. 

 Gill-openings small, in the lower part of the axils. No pseudobranchise. 

 Spinous dorsal represented by one or more tentacles. Pectoral mem- 

 bers not geuiculated, with short pseudobrachia and three actinosts. 

 ISTo ventral fins. Fishes of the open seas, usually inhabiting consid- 

 erable depths; about 6 genera and 7 or 8 species known. All are 

 uniform blackish in color. 



( Pediculati, genus Ctratias, Giinther, iii, 205: Ceratildce Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 187, 216.) 



. Month moderate. 



6. Gill-arches unarmed; gills 2i pairs. 

 c. Cleft of induth nearly vertical; skiu prickly. 



d. Second dorsal spiue developed CERATIAS, 469. 



dd. Second dorsal spine obsolete MAXCALIAS, 4f 0. 



cc. Cleft of mouth nearly horizontal; skiu smooth; second dorsal spiue developed. 



ONIRODES, 471. 



bb. Gill-arches armed with dentigerous tubercles; gills in \ 2i pairs; skin with 

 scattered tubercles; second dorsal spine obsolete HIMANTOLOPHUS, 472. 



469. CERATIAS Kroyer. 



(Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidsskrift. 2 raikke, i, 639, 1844: type Ceralias holboUi Kroyer.) 



Head and body much compressed and elevated, covered with prickly 

 skin. Mouth wide, its cleft nearly vertical; teeth in jaws conic, mov- 

 able, of moderate size; no teeth on voiner or palatines. Gills 2J; gill- 

 arches unarmed. Spinous dorsal reduced to two spines, one on the 

 head, the other on the back, the basal element of the second spine 

 exserted ; soft dorsal and anal short ; pectorals very short, broad, of 

 about 20 rays. Pyloric co3ca 2, small. Skeleton soft, fibrous. Green- 

 land, (jc^anac, one that has horns.) 



13O7. . Baoitooila Kroyer. 



Black. Caudal fin very long, lanceolate, longer than the trunk (ex- 

 clusive of head). Cephalic spine reaching, when depressed, beyond 



