886 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museutn. 



1275. EVOXIMETOPON TjENIATUS, Poey. 



(TiuANTE ; Tyrant Fish.) 



Head 8 in extreme length ; depth 12 ; eye about 6 in head. B. 7 ; D. 87 ; 

 A. 19; C. 17; P. 12. Head oblong, trenchant above, elevated above eyes 

 for a space considerably greater than diameter of eye, and decurved very 

 obliquely downward to snout. The first 10 dorsal spines undivided; 

 the rest split. Color silvery, ^ith about 6 narrow reddish bands, most 

 distinct behind, the first on the ridge of the back and the fifth along 

 lateral line. Cuba, in deep water ; rare. Size small. (Poey.) According 

 to Drs. Gill and Giinther a specimen probably identical with this was 

 recorded early in the present century from Scotland by Hoy. {twniatus, 

 with ribbon-like stripes.) 



Evoxyyiietopon lifiiiriliis (Poey) Gill,- Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18G.3, 228, Cuba; Oill, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1804, 20G; Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 204, 1895. 



404. LEPIDOPUS, Gouan. 

 (Frost-fishes.) 



Lepidopm, Goitan, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 185, 1770, (gouatd). 

 VandelUu!:, SiiAW, Genl. Zoiil., iv, 199, 1803, {lusilanicus). 

 Sarciua, Eafinesque, Car. Nuo. Gen. Sic, 20, 1810, (argt/rea). 

 Zipholheca, Montagu, ^yeI•ner Mem., 1, 82, 1811, {tetradens). 



Body very elongate, band-like, scaleless ; liead pointed, with lateral 

 occipital crests converging anteriorly ; cleft of mouth wide, the jaws 

 being armed with strong lanceolate teeth in a single series, larger ones in 

 front ; a series of minute teeth on the margin of the palatines. Nodules 

 oblique. Eyes large. Along the whole of back one single dorsal fin ; 

 anal spines numerous, but minute or hidden beneath the skin ; no post- 

 anal spines; caudal well developed; ventral fins rudimentary, inserted 

 behind pectorals. Two postanal scutes. Eight branchiostegals ; air 

 bladder present. Pyloric cwca somewhat numerous. Surface fishes of 

 the open sea, readily chilled by cold weather, hence the name frostfish. 

 (/Icm'f, scale ; Tvovg, foot.) 



1276. LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS (Euphrasen). 



(Frostfish; Scabbard Fish.) 



Depth 15i ; D. 102 to 104 ; A. 24 or 25. Cceca 23 ; vertebr.T 41 + 71 = 112. 

 Body very elongate, band-like ; cleft of mouth wide. One single dorsal 

 fin extending whole length of the back ; caudal well developed ; ventrals 

 reduced to a pair of scales ; anal spines numerous, but minute or hidden 

 beneath the skin ; no scales. Several strong teeth in jaws ; teeth on pal- 

 atines. No keel on tail ; 8 branchiostegals ; air bladder present ; pyloric 

 appendages in increased number. Pelagic, occasional in the Atlantic, 

 from Norway to South Africa and New Zealand. In New Zealand it 

 comes to the surface periodically in great numbers to deposit its spawn. 

 Length 5 or 6 feet. A specimen taken by John Xantus at Cape San Lucas ; 

 not otherwise known from American waters, (caudatus, tailed.) (Eu.) 



