1876 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



hluish or reddish tinged; young sometimes briglit green; fins dnsky, 

 mottled, the dorsal and caudal with a very narrow, pale edging. Length 

 40 inches. Pacific coast of America, Sitka to Santa Barbara; very abun- 

 dant, reaching a weight of 30 to 40 pounds, being one of the most important 

 food fishes on the coast. {vloiKjaius, elongate.) 



Ophiodon elongatus, Gieard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 133, San Francisco (Type, No. 

 276. Coll. Dr. Heermann), Humboldt Bay, California (No. 277. Coll. Lieut. Trow- 

 bridge) ; GiRARn, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv., x, FLslies 48, pi. 18, figs. 4 to 7, 1858; 

 GiiNTHER, Cat., n, 94, I860; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 646, 1883. 



Oplopoma panthcrina, Girard, Proc. Ac.Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1856, 135, Cape Flattery, 'Wash- 

 ington (Type, No. 275. Coll. Lieut. Trowbridge); Giraed, U. S. Pac. R. K. Surv.,x, 

 Fisbea, 46, pi. 18, figs. 1 to 3, 1858. 



Ophiodon pautherhms, Gunther, Cat., n, 93, 1860. 



701. ZANIOLEPIS, Girard. 



Zaniolepis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 202 (latipinnis). 



Body elongate, little compressed, tapering from the nape to the long and 

 slender tail. Head short, conical, the profile decurved. Mouth rather 

 small, low, terminal, horizontal; cardiform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and 

 palatines ; no supraorbital cirri ; i)reopercle with spines. Gill membranes 

 not united, free from the isthmus ; gill rakers tubercle-like. Scales small, 

 imbricated, extremely roughly ctenoid. Latei'al line single, continuous. 

 Dorsal fin with about 20 spines, some of the anterior spines more or less 

 elevated, a deep notch between the sjiines and soft rays; anal fin very 

 long, with 3 spines, the second of which is longest; ventrals I, 5, long, 

 inserted a little behind pectorals; pectorals moderate; pyloric caeca few 

 (5 or 6). North Pacific, in deep water; small fishes, not valued as food; 

 singular in form and appearance, and bearing some resemblance to the 

 Icelus-\\\<.e Cottidcp. (^aviov, a comb or card; XsTtig, scale; hence more 

 correctly spelled with an initial X.) 



a. Third dorsal spine greatly elevated, much longer than head; head less than J len|>th 



of body ; no supraorbital flap. latipinnis, 2264. 



aa. Third dorsal spine moderate, shorter than head; head more than J length of body; 



supraorbital flap present. frenatus, 2265. 



2264. ZAXIOLEPIS LATIPINMS, Girard. 



Head 4^; depth 5^. D. XXI-1, 11 ; A. Ill, 17. Body elongate, fusiform, 

 scarcely compressed, the dorsal outline rising rather steeply. Mouth 

 small, horizontal, low, the maxillary reaching nearly to the middle of the 

 eye ; the premaxillary entirely below tlie eye. Eye very large, longer than 

 snout, 3| in head; no cirrus above eye; preorbital wide, partly covering 

 the scaly maxillary; interocular space rather narrow, somewhat concave, 

 nasal spines present; preopercle with 3 sharp spines. Dorsal spines slen- 

 der, stiff, the first and second longest, usually greatly produced, but stiffish 

 to the tip, scarcely connected by membrane, reaching to nearly middle of 

 second dorsal, and more than i the total length of the fish, but often 

 much shorter; a deep notch between spinous and soft parts of dorsal; sec- 



