847 
125 (h). CERATIID.E CERATIAS. 
1 306. C. pictsss Lowe. 
l>iigbt orange above j sides rosy 5 fins vermilion. Eostral tentacle 
sboitj pedicellate j mncifeions cliannelSj appearing as cbain-lilce rows 
of pits. Head 1.^-: depth oi. D. I-ll; A. o; P. 11; V. i; c. 7. Deep 
sea; taken at Madeira and off the coast of Ehode Island. 
(Lowe, Traus. Zool. Soc. Load, iii, 339, 1346; Giiutlier, iii, 200; Goode, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mas. 1880, 470.) 
Family CXXV CERATIID.E. 
Head and body compressed. IMoutli terminal, more or less oblique. 
Gill-ojienings small, in the lower part of the axils. Xo pseudobraiichite. 
Spinous dorsal represented by one or more tentacles.. Pectoral mem- 
bers not geniculated, Avith short psendobrachia and three actinosts. 
Xo Amntral fins. Fishes of the open seas, nsnally inhabiting consid- 
erable depths; about 0 genera and 7 or 8 species known. All are 
uniform blackish in color. 
(Pediciilafi, genus Ceratias, Gunther, iii, 205; CerrtOhZ® Gill, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. 
1878, 216.) 
a. Month moderate. 
i. Gill-arches nnanned; gills 24 pairs, 
c. Cleft of mouth nearly vertical; skin prickly. 
(1. Second dorsal spine developed Ceratias, 469. 
dd. Second dorsal spine obsolete Maxcalias, 470. 
cc. Clett ot mouth nearly horizontal; skin smooth; second dorsal spine developed. 
OXIRODES, 471. 
ib. Gill-arches armed with dentigerous tubercles; gills in 4 24 pairs; skin with 
scattered tubercles; second dorsal spine obsolete Himaxtoeurhus, 472. 
469.— CERATIAS Krdyer. 
(Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidsskrift. 2 ru'kke, i, 639, 1844: type Ceraiias holbdUi Kroyer.) 
Head and body much comi)re.ssed and elevated, covered with jirickly 
skin. Mouth wide, its cleft nearly vertical; teeth in jaws conic, mor- 
able, of moderate size; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Gills 24^; gill- 
arches unarmed. Spinous dorsal reduced to two spines, one on the 
head, the other on the back, the basal element of the second spine 
exserted ; soft dorsal and anal short ; pectorals Amry short, broad, of 
about 20 rays. Pyloric coeca 2, small. Skeleton soft, fibrous. Green- 
land. one that has horns.) 
1397. C. Ssolbiiaii Kroyer. 
Black. Caudal fin very long, lanceolate, longer than the trunk (ex- 
clusive of head). Cephalic sifiiie reaching, when depressed, beyond 
