1862 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



2265. ANOPLOPOMA FI3IBRIA (Pallas). 



(BESHOW; COAI.-FISH; SkIL.) 



Head 3^; depth 6. D. XXI-17; A. Ill, 15; lateral line 190; eye 7 in 

 head ; snout 3 ; fourth dorsal spine 3^ ; longest dorsal ray 3^ ; longest anal 

 ray 3^; jiectoral l-i^^-; ventrals 2\\ upper caudal lobe l-j%. Body elongate, 

 little compressed, tapering into a very slender subcylindrical, caudal pe- 

 duncle; head rather large, conic. Mouth terminal, moderate, the lower 

 jaw included; maxillary narrow, reaching to below front of pupil; teeth 

 cardiform, in moderate bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines; interorbital 

 over twice as broad as eye, very slightlj' convex ; gill rakers moderate, 

 slender, 6+17 ; head entirely scaly ; tins naked. Dorsals and anal high- 

 est in front; origin of spinous dorsal behind base of pectorals, midway 

 between tip of snout and first ray of second dorsal, the fourth spine 

 highest, the spines gradually decreasing in length posteriorly ; soft dorsal 

 separated from spinous by a distance equal to length of pectoral ; anal 

 similar to soft dorsal ; pectoral sharply rounded behind, reaching slightly 

 past tip of anal, not halfway to vent; ventrals rather short, inserted 

 slightly behind base of pectoral, not reaching nearly to tips of pectorals ; 

 caudal forked. Color slaty black or grayish, someAvhat reticulated ; white 

 below, the young rather pale; adult nearly black; ventrals and anal 

 colorless, other fins dusky ; caudal edged with pale ; lining of opercle black. 

 Usual length 18 inches, but sometimes much larger. Here described from 

 a specimen 11 inches in length from Monterey. Monterey to Unalaska; 

 rather common, especially northward. A very singular and interesting- 

 fish. It is rarely used for food southward, being rather dry and tasteless. 

 About the Straits of Fuca it becomes very fat and is highly appreciated. 

 {fimbria, fringe.) 



GadMS _/?m&ria, Pallas, Zoogr. Eoaso-Asiat., ni, 200, 1811, no exact locality given; probably 



Aleutian Islands. 

 Anoplopoma merlangus, Ayhes, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1859, 27, San Francisco market. 

 Seomhrocottus salmoneus, Petees, Berlin. Monatsber. 1872, 569, Vancouver Island. 

 Anoplopoma fimbria, JoEDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 650, 1883. 



697. ERILEPIS, Gill. 



Erilepis, Gn.L, Science, Jan. 26, 1894, 54 (zonifer) . 



Myriolepis, LocKiNaTON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 248 {zonifer) ; name preoccupied by 

 Myriolepis, Egeeton, 1864, a genus of fossil fishes. 



Body oblong, somewhat compressed. Head heavy. Mouth moderate, 

 the lower jaw slightly projecting; both jaws with bauds of slender, sharp 

 teeth, the front teeth slightly enlarged ; similar teeth on vomer and pala- 

 tines ; preopcrc-le entire ; no dermal flaps. Nostrils 2 on each side. Gill 

 rakers short; gill membranes very narrowly joined to the isthmus. 

 Scales small, ctenoid, everywhere covering the head and 1>ody and the 

 soft parts of most of the fins. Lateral line single. Dorsal fin deeply 

 emarginatc, the spines about 15 in number. Anal rather short, without 

 distinct spines, {spi, an intensive particle ; Xsnii, scale, ) 



