43 STERXOPTYCHID^ MAUROLICUS. 
283 
usual pliospliorescent spots present, as above described; no evident 
cream -colored blotch on the back of tail. L. inches. Santa Barbara 
Channel, Califoruia. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,274.) 
IW. g:9i3CDaSe (Reiuli.) J. & G. 
Snout very short and obtuse, with the upper profile descending in a 
very strong curve ; cleft of month oblique ; maxillary reaching to the 
angle of the prfeopercnlnm, and terminating in a triangular dilatation. 
Scales smooth, those of the lateral line enlarged. Eye very large, more 
than one-third the length of head, Avhich is nearly as deep as long. 
Depth 4, nearly equal to length of head. D. 13; A. 17; Y. 8. Lat. 1. 
30. Coasts of Scandinavia and Greenland. {Giinther.) 
(Sco 2 )ehi(i (jlaclalis Rciuliardt, Dausk. Videusk. Selsk. 1838, vii, llo, 12G: Sco^yelus 
gladalis Giluthcr, v, 407.) 
Family XLIIL— STERNOPTYCHID^E. 
{The Sternoptychids.) 
Body oblong or ovate, naked. Month very wide, its cleft oblique or 
vertical. Margins of ui)per jaw formed laterally by the maxillaries, the 
edges of which arc toothed. Teeth pointed, mostly small. Opercular 
apparatus incomplete. Gill-openings very wide, the membranes not 
connected, free from the isthmus. Pseudobranchiie present. Gill-rakers 
long or short. Lower part of body and head with series of phosphores- 
cent spots. Adipose Ah present, often small. Dorsal tin moderate, 
usually median, sometimes i)receded by a rndimentary spinous dorsal. 
Eggs extruded through oviducts. Skeleton imperfectly ossified. Small 
fishes of the deep seas. Genera 4; species about 12. 
{Sternojytychidce groups Steni 02 )tt/chiini and Cocciina Guuther, v, 3S4-391.) 
*No scales; uo rudimentary spinous dorsal; pseudobranchiiB present. {Cocciina.) 
t Lower jaw prominent Mauholicus, 132. 
132.— MAUKOLICIJS Cocco. 
Argentines. 
(Cocco, Lettere sui Salmoni, 32: type MauroUcus ameflnjstino 2 yunctatus Cocco.) 
Body oblong, compressed, naked, covered with silvery pigment; 
series of phosphorescent spots along the lower side of the head, body, 
and tail. Head compressed, the bones thin, but ossified. Cleft of mouth 
wide, oblique, the lower jaw prominent. Maxillary large, broad, much 
produced backwards, receiving the slender premaxillary in the upper 
