102 (rt). LATILID.E — CAUl.OLATILUS. 
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336.— CAliI.©L,ATE]Li:§ Gill. 
BlanquiUos. 
(Dekaya* Cooper; preoccupied.) 
{Caulolatihis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1862,240; tiomeii nudum, defined in Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 66: type Latilas dirysops C. & V.) 
Bod}" elongate, subfusiform, not strongly compressed, heavy forward, 
tapering to a rather slender caudal peduncle. Profile of head strongly 
arched. Mouth moderate, little oblique, the jaws nearly equal; li])s 
thick; maxillary narrow, not slipping under preorbital; teeth in villi- 
form bands, preceded by a row of stronger acute teeth; hindmost teeth 
in each jaw canine-like, directed forward; posterior canines of ui)per 
jaw largest; no teeth on vomer or palatines; preopercle pectinate, the 
teeth nearly even; opercle with a blunt, flat spine. Eyes large, lateral. 
Gill-membranes slightly connected, forming a fold across the isthmus, 
with which they are narrowly joined. Brauchioslegals G. Gill-rakers 
short and stout. Nostrils double, round, close together. Scales small, 
firm, ctenoid. Lateral line continuous, concurrent with ihe back. Dor- 
sal with 7-9 slender, pointed, graduated spines, and 22-27 soft rays; 
anal similar to soft dorsal, with 1 or 2 small spines, and more than 20 
soft rays; caudal fin forked; ventral fins ihoracic; no adijjose ai)pend- 
age at the nape. Large fishes of the warm seas, (zau/o?, stem; Laiilus — 
i. c., mauy-rayed Latilus.) 
Ol'S, C. praiaceps (Jenyus) Gill. — White-fish; Yellow-tail. 
Olivaceous, with bluish reflections; brownish above, greenish below; 
fins light greenish olive, tinged with bluish and orange, the colors 
always pale; dorsal and anal greenish, with a bluish band near the 
tip; axil dusky, hlesh of the occiput becoming thick with age, as in 
Harpe. Eye large, about half the convex interorbital space, dj in head. 
Maxillaries reaching front of eye. Teeth rather strong. Preopercle 
finely, evenly, and acutely serrate behind, nearly entire below; pre- 
opercle, iiiteroperc'.e, and preorbital naked; cheeks and opercles sca*ly; 
top of head scaled on the median line to between the eyes. Dor.sal 
spines flexible; ventrals slightly behind the pectorals, the outer rays 
longest; caudal moderately forked, the u])per lobe the longer; caudal 
peduncle short and slender, abruptly contracted; iiectorals falcate, 
longer than caudal, | length of the head. Head 3§; depth 4. D. IX- 
* Dekaya Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1864, 711: type Dekaya anomala Cooper; 
not Dekayia Milue-Edwards & Haime, 1851 ; a genus of corals. 
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