105 . CniRID.E ZANIOLEPIS. 
647 
353.— ZANIOLEPIS Girard. 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 202: type Zaniolcpis laiipinnis Grd.) 
Body elongate, little compressed, tapering from tlie nape to the long 
and slender tail. Head short, conical, the profile decnrved. Month 
rather small, low, terminal, horizontal; cardiform teeth on the jaws, 
vomer, and palatines; no sujiraorbital cirri; preopercle with spines. 
Gill- membranes not united, free from the isthmus; gill-rakers tubercle- 
like. Scales small, imbricated, extremely roughly ctenoid. Lateral line 
single, continuous. Dorsal fin with about 21 spines; some of the ante- 
rior spines greatly elevated ; a deep notch between the spines 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 mod- 
erate. Pyloric cceca few (5 or C). Xorth Pacific, in deep water, {^a-^cov, 
a comb or card; scale; hence more correctly spelled with an initial 
X.) 
1003. Z. l^tipiiiaais Grd. 
Olivaceous, the body and upper fins spotted with rusty brown; the 
vertical fins marked with blackish ; a black streak before eye ; subor- 
bital bluish silvery. 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 ])remaxil]ary 
entirely below the eye. Eye very large, longer than snout, 3i in head ; 
preorbital wide, partly covering the scaly maxillary; intei’ocular space 
rather narrow, somewhat concave; nasal sjunes i)resent; preopercle 
with 3 sharp spines. Dorsal spines slender, stilf, the first and second 
longest, usually greatly produced, but stifiish to the tip, scarcely con- 
nected by membrane, reaching to nearly middle of second dorsal, and 
more than half the total length of the fish, but often much shorter; a 
deep notch between spinous and soft parts of dorsal; second dorsal 
high, its rays gradually shortened; anal long, its spines high; ventrals 
elongate, wide apart, reaching past front of anal; pectorals short and 
narrow; caudal short, slightly emargiuate. Head and body every- 
where covered with minute, imbricated, very rough, shagreen like 
scales. Head 4J; depth 5;|. D. XXI-I, 11; A. Ill, 17. L. 12 inches. 
California, from San Fiancisco northward, abundant in deep water; a 
slender fish, of dry, firm substance. 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1857, 202; Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Siirv. Fish. 
73; Giiother, ii, 94.) 
