784 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 



425. ZOARCES Cuvier. 



Eelpouts. 

 (Cuvier, R^gne Aniru. ed. 2, ii, 240, 1829: type filcnnius lir'qjarua L.) 



Body elongate, compressed, tapering posteriorly ; head oblong, heavy, 

 narrowed above, the profile decurved; mouth large; teeth strong, conic, 

 bluutish, in 2 series in the front of each jaw, and 1 series on the sides; 

 teeth in outer series larger; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Dorsal fin 

 very long, low, some of its posterior rays much lower than the others, 

 developed as sharp spines; pectoral fins broad; ventrals jugular, of 3 

 or 4 soft rays. Scales small, not imbricated, imbedded in the skin. 

 Size large, (^wupxr^ viviparous.) 



a. Numbers of fin rays and vertebrae increased. (Macrozoarccs Gill.) 



12OO. Z. angitillaris (Peck) Storer. Eelpout; Mutton-fish; Mother of Eels. 



Reddish brown, mottled with olive, the scales paler than the skin 

 about them ; dorsal fin marked with darker ; a dark streak from eye 

 across cheeks and opercles; lower jaw included; maxillary reaching be- 

 yond orbit ; pectoral long, about two-thirds length of head ; ventrals 

 one-fifth head ; highest ray of dorsal about equal to snout ; the poste- 

 rior spines about one-third length of eye; first ray of dorsal above pre- 

 opercle. Head G; depth 7. D. 95, XVIII, 17; A. 105. L. 20 inches. 

 Delaware to Labrador; rather common northward. Two forms, per- 

 haps distinct species (anguillaris, ciUatux) occur, distinguished by the 

 size of the jaws. 



anfluillaria Peck, Mem. Amor. Acad. Sci. ii, 46; Storer, Fish. Mass. 263; 



GiintluT, iii, 2W : Enchelyopus aiiyuilltirix (Jill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 258: 

 Zoarax Inbroiiuft and /. fnnlirintita Cuv. &, Val. xi, 4(K5, 468: JHniiiimi ciliutits Mitch. 

 Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 375, li-l."., tin; large-mouthed form.) 



426. tYCODOPSIS Collett. 

 (Leuri/nnis Lockington.) 



(CollHt, I'rnc. 'A;\\. Soc. London. 1*70, 381: type Lycodes pacificus Collett.) 



Body rlungiitc, e-l-sliaped, covered with small, smooth, imbedded 

 scalrv Head l;irge; snout broad and long; interorbital space very 

 narrow; mouth large, horizontal; teeth Conical, those of the upper jaw 

 in a single row; those of the lower in a band in front, the inner series 

 enlarged, larger than the upper teeth; no teeth on vomer or pala- 

 tines. Ventral tins very small; vertical fins continuous, without spines. 

 ijcr, Lycodcs; d<f".;, appearance. 



