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caudal fin forked; tail dipliycercal; ventrals thoracic or siib;ii';u’ar, 
I, 5, usually close together; pectoral fins not very broad, the rays all 
branched. Yertebrfe in increased number (35-50). Pyloric coeca few 
or none. Fishes of the temperate and tropical seas, many of them 
reaching a large size. Genera about 5; species about 10. 
{Tracliinklaj, group Pingiiipedina Giiiither, ii, 251-254.) 
a. Dorsal fiu continuous; body scaly; upper jaws usually with posterior canines. 
{Lalilina’.) 
b. Dorsal and anal with less than 20 soft rays each, 
c. An adipose appendage at the nape; a llesliy i)rolongation on each side of the 
labial fold, extending backward, behind angle of the mouth. 
Lopholatilus, 335. 
bb. Dorsal and anal fins each with more than 20 soft rays; no adipose appendage at 
the nape ... ... - C aulolatilus, 330. 
335.— L,0PI1I01.ATJI.IT§ Goode & Bean. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 205: type Lopholatilus chamoBleonticcps 
G. & B.) 
This genus differs from CauIoJatihis and agrees with Latilus in the 
small number of dorsal and anal rays, and is distinguished from both 
by the presence of a large adipose appendage on the nape and by a 
fleshy prolongation upon each side of the labial fold, extending back- 
ward beyond the angle of the mouth. One species known, {hxf’oq, 
crest; Latilus.) 
972. L. cSiasiiaeJeonticeps Goode & Bean. — Tile-fish. 
Coloration brilliant; head and body with numerous greenish-yellow 
spots; upper portion of body with a violaceous tint; lower parts whitish, 
with some areas of yellow; caudal rays striped with greenish-yellow, 
some of the stripes connected by cross-blotches; anal and ventral fins 
whitish; pectorals violet-tinted, with some yellow on posterior surfaces; 
soft dorsal with an upper broad band of violaceous and a narrow basal 
portion of whitish; many rays each with a yellow stripe; anterior part 
of fin with some yellow spots. IMaxillary reaching anterior margin of 
orbit; opercle and preopercle scaly, the latter finely denticulate; upper 
jaw with an outer series of stronger teeth, behind which is a band of vil- 
liform teeth; lower jaw with a few large canines and an inner series of 
small conical teeth; vomer and palatines toothless. Head 3 in length; 
depth 31,. D. VII, 15; A. II, 13; scales 8-93-30. {Goode Bean.) 
Abundant in deej) waters off the coast of Massachusetts; a fine large 
fish, which may become important as food. 
(Goode & Beau, P.oc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 205.) 
