28G CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
b. VoiiRT aud palatines with teeth Eciiiostoma, 135. 
bb. Vomer aud palatines toothless Malacostkus, 130. 
•* Adipose (in present; dorsal in IVont of anal; body naked. {AstroncHthiiuv.) 
Astjjoxestiies, 137. 
13 1 .— STOitlflAS Cuvier. 
(Cuvier, Ri>gno Anim. ii, 1817: type Esox boa Kisso, from the Mediterranean.) 
J>o(ly eloiijjilto, compressed, covered with exceedingly line niul decid- 
nons scales, which are scarcely imbricated, lying in snbhexagonal de- 
]»ressions in the skin. Head compressed, the snout very short and the 
cleft of the mouth extremely large. Month obli<pie, the lower jaw pro- 
jecting. Teeth pointed, unequal, those of the premaxillaries and mandi- 
ble very large ; maxillary with line teeth ; vomer with a jiair of fangs ; 
palatines and tongue with smaller pointed teeth. Eye moderate. Oper- 
cular imrtion of the head short ; a large lleshy barbel suspended from 
the hyoiil region. Vent far back. Dorsal comparatively long, far back, 
o[)posite the anal. Pectorals and ventrals rather small aud short, the 
latter far back. Caudal fin moderate. Lower side of head, body, and 
tail with series of phosphorescent dots. Gill-openings very wide. Xo 
pyloric cmca. Singular fishes of the deep waters of the Atlantic. 
{/rrofnac, “ moutliy,” from (TTufjxi, mouth.) 
* Hj'oid hiirhel not frin<j;e<l. 
-170. S. ferox Reinhardt. 
Dlack. Xeither pectorals nor ventrals produced. Caudal rounded. 
Depth about 12 in total length; head 10. 1). 17; A. 21; P. 0; V. C. 
{Giinthcr.) Greenland, south to Cape Cod, in deep water. 
(Reinhardt, Videusk. Selsk. Naturv. etc. x, p. Ixxvii ; Gunther, v, 42G.) 
13.'5.— ECBIIOSTO.IIA Lowe. 
(Lowe, Proc. Zocil. Soc. Loud. 1843, 87 : type Eciiiostoma barbatnm Lowe.) 
Body elongate, compressed, scaleless. Head rather compressed, the 
snout short and the cleft of the mouth very wide. Teeth pointed, un- 
equal, tho.se of the premaxillary and the front of the lower jaw being 
longest; maxillary teeth in a single series, those of the lower two-thirds 
being small; teeth of the hinder part of the mandible in a double or 
triple series; vomer with a pair of fangs; palatines with a single series 
of small pointed teeth; two groups of similar teeth on the tongue. Eje 
of moderate size. 0[)ercular portion of the head very narrow ami fiex- 
ible; a lleshy barbel on the centre of the hyoid region. Dorsal fin far 
back, opposite anal. Caudal forked. Vent not far in advance of caudal 
fin. Pectorals and ventrals feeble, the latter behind the middle of the 
