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41: Gliiropsls constcllatus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 4'2, $\ CJiirus consMlatus 

 Giintherii, 90: ('him* fiiittatua, consMlatiis, and mai:i<!n, riulnx Lockiugton, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1880, iii, 53-55: Grystes liiirKtux ( J ) Ayres, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 9, 1854: 

 f Lai) rax octogrammus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. 'J83, J.) 



352. OPHIODON Girard. 



(Oplopoma Girard.) 

 (Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 133: type Opluodon clongatus Girard.) 



Body elongate, low, little compressed. Head long, rather pointed, 

 its surface scaleless. Mouth terminal, very large. Jaws with very 

 strong, sharp, unequal teeth, some of them canine-like; long series of 

 cardiforni teeth on vemer and palatines. Gill-openings very wide, the 

 membranes not united, free from the isthmus. Preopercle with a few 

 bluntish spines; a dermal flap above the eye. Scales very small, be- 

 coming smooth with age. Lateral line single, continuous. Dorsal fin 

 long, deeply notched, the spines about L'4 in number, slender and flex- 

 ible, the middle ones highest; anal fin long, without distinct spines; 

 ventrals, I, 5, inserted somewhat behind pectorals; pectoral fin broad. 

 Pyloric coeca very numerous. Gill-rakers tubercle-like. Species of large 



size; among the largest of the cottiform fishes, (w.^?, snake; o8wv, tooth.) 

 i 



1OO2, O. elOngatUS Grd. Ciiltus Cod; Jllitr <'>,!; Buffalo Cod ; Ling. 



Dark brown above, much mottled ; dorsal fin and whole upper part 

 of body covered with small rusty brown spots of varying size and hue; 

 lower parts of body of a livid bluish gre<>u, especially. in the adult, the 

 llesh and all membranes tinged with given; ground color often bluish 

 or reddish tinged; young sometimes bright green; tins dusky, mottled, 

 the dorsal and caudal with a very narrow, pale edging. Head large, 

 the snout sharp, conic. Mouth very large, the lower jaw prominent; 

 maxillary reaching beyond orbit; each jaw with a series of large 

 pointed teeth, bent inward and immovable; front of upper jaw with 

 L'-l larger canines; outside of the series of large teeth each jaw ha* 

 numerous small, sharp teeth; vomer and palatines with a single row of 

 canines; snpraorhital tentacle much shorter than pupil, Dorsal fin be- 

 ginning above prcopercle, the I'm very deeply notched, the highest spines 

 nearly one-third length of head: caudal eniarginate. Head .'U; depth 

 f>. 1). XXV-21; A. L'L. L. 40 inches. Pacific coast, Alaska to Santa 

 Barbara; very abundant, reaching a weight of 30-10 pounds, being one 

 of the most important ibod-lishes on the coast. 



(CIrard, I'n.c. A<-:id. \;it. Sci. I'hila. 1-7.1. 1 :::'.; Girard. I T . S. Par. U. TV'. Surv. Fisli. 

 4H; GiintliiT, ii, HI: o/,/(.y.;f/ jHnitlirrhiit (iir.-ird. I'I-HC. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 185G, 

 , and in U. S. Puc. JC. U. Smv. l'i.-,h. Iii: Ophiodon pantherinus Giiiitbc-r, ii, 93.) 



