112. BATRACHID.E PORICHTIIYS. 751 
Tfitli black bars, those on dorsal and anal oblique. Teeth in mandible 
small anteriorly, reg'ularl}’ increasing in size backwards; those on vomer 
prominent; a broad tlap above orbit; tip of maxillary and lower side of 
mandible with conspicuous cirri; a series of smaller cirri along margin 
of preopercle; subopercle ending in a long, sharp spine; orbit about 
equalling iuterorbital width or length of snout; pectoral with a large 
foramen in the axil. Head 2|; depth 4J. D. 111-27; A. 24. Massa- 
chusetts to the West Indies; very abundant. 
i Gadns lau Linn. Sy.st. Xat. ; Gliiither, iii, 107.) 
8i'.b.sp, paB’dBBS Goode & Be.au. 
Very pale yellowish-brown, thickly covered with round spots of dark 
brown; those on head smaller; belly with numerous spots, the largest 
as large as eye; back with many oblong blotches, besides small round 
spots: tins blotched and banded; otherwise as in B. tau. Pensacola, 
Fla. . 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 336.) 
399.— POKICeiTJEVS Girard. 
(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141: tyi)e Porichthys notatiis GtH. — Bat ra- 
dius porosissimns C. & V.) 
Body rather elongate; head not very broad, depressed, the lower jaw 
projecting; skin naked, with several series of inucons pores; mouth 
wide, with conical teeth in the jaws, and a canine tooth on each side of 
the vomer; opercle with a single spine; first dorsal with 2 very small, 
stout spines; pectoral broad, without foramen in the axil; branchio.ste- 
gals G; airldadder divided into two lateral parts; vertebrie 11 +.31. 
[-opo-, pore; r/Oh:;, fish; in allusion to the extraordinary development 
of the mucous system.) 
1150. P. poa'osissicsasBS (Cuv. & V.ul.) Giiutlier. — Midshijmian. 
Olive brown above, with coppery reflections, the belly brassy-yellow; 
sides with irregular broad vertical cross-blotches, most distinct in the 
young; dorsal grayish, wflth oblique dark bars; vertical fins sometimes 
margined with black; pores of lateral lines bead-like, shining silvery; 
a white space below eye, with a black crescent below it. Head nar- 
rowed forwards; opercle developed as a strong spine; maxillary reach- 
ing beyond orbit; lower jaw with a single row of about 10 large, re- 
curved teeth, behind which is a patch of small teeth; sides of jaw with 
a single series of canines similar to those in front, but larger; upper 
jaw with an irregular series of small teeth; palatines with a single 
