105. CHIRID^ AXOPLOPOMA. 
649 
35o. — IfIYRIOI<EI*IS LockingtoQ. 
(Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,248: type Mtjriolejns zonifer Lockington.) 
Body obloug, 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 palatines ; preopercle entire; no dermal flaps. Gill-rakers short ; gill- 
membranes very narrowly joined to the isthmus. Scales small, ctenoid, 
everywhere covering the head and body and the soft parts of most of 
the tins. Lateral line single. Dorsal fin deeply emargiuate ; the spines 
about 15 in number. Anal rather short, without distinct spines, [iwpioq^ 
many; kz-iq, scale.) 
1005. M. zonifer Lockington. 
Black above, whitish below, with four broad black bars on the sides; 
the first over the pectorals ; the second anterior to the vent, almost en- 
circling the body ; the third near the base of the anal, and the fourth 
encircling the caudal peduncle ; a black bar at base of caudal and two 
across the fiu; other fins blotched and banded with light and dark; 
ctenoid tips of the scales white. Head everywhere densely scaly, the 
only naked areas on tbe head being the lips and the folds of the gill- 
mmebraues. Scales on body largest posteriorly, small on head and 
chest. Vertical fins, except the spinous dorsal, covered nearly to the 
tips of the rays with small scales; external surfaces of paired fins 
similarly scaly; spinous dorsal with a few scales. Pectorals broad, 
lanceolate, not reaching the vent; fourth dorsal spine longest, the 
others dimiuishing regularly to the 12th. Eyes lateral, shorter than 
snout ; iuterorbital space broad, slightly convex. Head 4 in total 
length; depth 3f. D. XIV-I, 15; A. II, 11; Lat. 1. 130. Monterey 
Bay, California^ one specimen known. 
(Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 248.) 
356.— AYOPEOPOMA Ayres. 
{Scomhrocottus Peters.) 
(Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1859,27 : type Anoplopoma mcrJangus Ayres = Gadas 
fimhria Pallas.) 
Body elongate, little compressed, tapering into a very slender caudal 
peduncle. Head rather long, the snout somewhat tapering. Mouth ter- 
minal, moderate, the lower jaw included; maxillary very narrow, slip- 
ping almost entirely under the jireorbital; teeth moderate, cardiform. 
