Jordan and Evermann . —Fishes of North A mcrka . 2735 



pharyno-eals toothed. Gill openings narrow, horizontal slits placed helow 

 and in "front of root of pectorals. Branchi^ie in \ 2i pairs. Branchial 

 arches armed with dentii-crous tubercles. Skin naked. Numerous lumi- 

 nous filaments on head and body. Soft dorsal and anal many-rayed, the 

 rays greatly produced; caudal long, tapering; ventrals none; pectorals 

 very broad, sessile, postmedian, under dorsal fin, with numerous rays. 

 Pyloric appendage reduced to 1 small rudiment. Air bladder absent. 

 ^uavXoz, stem; '^pvvy^, toad, from the many stems or tin rays.) 



3118. CAULOPHRYNE JORDAM, Goode & Bean. 

 Depth about 2 in length without caudal, the greatest height occurring 

 behind the head. Cephalic appendage with a pale tuft at its tip, the 

 Icn-th of the distal portion 3 in length of body. The tuft somewhat 

 mutilated, but showing no evidence of a laminated structure; basa por- 

 tion of cephalic appendage about twice as long as the very small eye; 

 maxillary very slender, narrow, extending about as far backward as inter- 

 maxillarV; intermaxillary slightly protractile and with about 10 teeth on 

 each side, several of which are nearly twice as large as the rest, its 

 length 2^ in body; mandible as long as head without snout, with 8 teeth 

 on each side, the anterior pair and several other pairs along shaft of bono 

 beino- crreatly enlarged ; a pair of enlarged teeth on head of vomer ; several 

 simifar teeth on palatines; upper pharyngeals armed with several strong 

 teeth ; eye very small, inconspicuous, its distance from tip of snout equal- 

 in., nearly \ its distance from soft dorsal origin. Intestine shorter than 

 en-^th without caudal. Soft dorsal with 16 rays, all ot which, except the 

 last 4 are greatly produced; the second, third, and fourth rays longest 

 Ltri; twice as 'long as body. Anal with 14 rays, all of which, excep 

 last 3, are much produced, the fin not quite perfect, yet its anterioi ra s 

 are longer than body; caudal with 8 rays, the 4 inner ones ^--^^ - ^^« 

 rest simple; middle rays of caudal as long as distance f ^^^'P ?^ ^^^ 

 law to base of pectoral: pectoral comparatively short with 16 simple 

 ii-L,nlated rays'the longest about i as long as head. About ^ ^^^ 

 filaments on each side of head, 7 more between nape and *^«^^- ';°^;^^^^^^^ 

 12 on sides; the filaments nearly twice as long as eye Head-idbo y 

 black; caudal, cephalic tuft, and most of the ^'^yj P^l^-^^"^^.?;;."^^^^^ 

 TbP tvne of the species (No. 39265) was taken by the steamer Alhai^o^s, 

 I^eX 19 1887, in Lat. 39o 27' N., Long. TP 15' W., 1,276 fathoms. 

 (Named for David Starr Jordan.) 



Gaulophryne setosus, by slip iu proofreading.) 



Family CCXXIV. OGCOCEPHALID^. 



(The Bat-Fishes.) 



Head very broad and depressed, the snout more or less elevated, the 



trunk short and slender. Mouth not large, subterminal or inferior, the 



ower law included; teeth vilUform or cardiform. Gill openings very 



