462 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



AMMOPLEUROPS, Gunther. 



AmmopUuropn, Guntiikh, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 1X02, 490. 



Eyes Oil tlie left side; pcctoiiils none; vertical fins couHticnt. Scales ctenoid, decidu- 

 ous, of moderate size; one lateral line. Snout short, with the upper portion not produced 

 into a hook; mouth uusymmetrical, rather narrow; teeth minute, on both sides. 



AMMOPLEUROPS LACTEUS, (Honapakte), GOnthek. 



I'laijushi hicti'n, BoNArAKTE, Fanuii Italica, Posci, Fasc. v, plate.— Costa, Fauna Najiolitana, ii, 60, pi. 1. — 



Cane.sthini, Arch. Zuol., i,'43, jil. iv, fig. 3; Pesi/i (Vltalia, 168. 

 Am)ii(iiilei(i-op« lactciis, Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 490. — Vaii.lant, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, 



1888, 192. 



Ammophiirops, witli body 3| and head nearly 1 times in total lengtli (without caudal). 

 Width of interorbital space about one-fourth length of head. Two nostrils in front of lower 

 I've. Lips not fringed. 



Eadial formula: D. 90; A. 72 (D. + A. + C. lt;2— 178); P. none; V. 4. 



Color, rosy white, the white side a little brighter. Vertical flus spotted with brown near 

 base. 



The French shii)S obtained it on the coast of Spain in (J(» meters (station v) ; oft' Soudan, 

 250 meters (station lxv) ; on the Banc d'Arguin, 140-235 meters (stations xci-xcii) ; in the 

 Gulf of Gascony, 400 meters {Travailleur, 1882, Viii), and oft' Peuon de Velez in 370-420 

 \neters. 



ARELIA, Kaup. 



Arelia, Kai'P, Wiegmanu's Archiv, 185S, 106.— Hleeker, Eiiunieratio, 184. — Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., 

 IV, 493 (as subgenus). 



Sinisti'al plenronectoids, having no pectorals and confluent vertical fins. Scales 

 ctenoid and lateral line triple. Snout hooked and mouth twisted; two nostrils on left side. 

 Teeth dextral, minute. 



This, like the related genera or subgenera grouped by Giinther under Ci/iiofflossus, is 

 strictly East Indi;in. It is found in deep water in the Bay of Bengal, Invcxtigaior station 

 96, 98-102 fathoms, where it is represented by Cynmjlossns Carpeuteri, Alcock. (Journal of 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, LViir, ii, 287, pi. xviii, fig. 1; Ann. and Mag.Nat. Hist., 1890, ii, 

 217.) Dr. Alcock is of the opinion that "the general fades of this fish is certainly bathybial." 



Order CRANIOMI. 



Craniomi, GlhL, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus.. 1888, .589. 



Teleocei)hali with the scapular arch abnormal, the post-temporal forming an integral 

 part of the cranium and the postero-temporal crowded out of place by the side of the pro- 

 scapula above or at the edge of the post-temporal, ((/ill.) 



Family TRIGLID^^. 



Les Trif/Udcs, Ris.so, Hist. Nat. Eur. MiSrid., 1826, iv, 39! . 



TriglkUv, Bonapartk, Saggio, etc., 1831; C.atalogo Metodico, 1846, 60.— Swainson, Hist. Niit. Fish., etc., 



1839, 11, 179.— Kaup, Wiegmanu's Archiv, 1858, 329.— Glintiiek, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., il, 86.— Gill, Arr. 



Faui. Fish., 1872, 6 (No. 53).— .Jordan ami (Jilukut, Bull, xvi, II. S. Nat. Mus., 731. 



Body elongate, usually more or less fusiform. Head externally bony, usually entirely 

 cuirassed with rough, bony plates, some of which are armed with spines; eyes high ; mouth 

 terminal or subinferior; preiiiaxillaries protractile; maxillary without suppleinental l)one, 

 slipping under the preorbital; teeth very small, in bands in the jaws, and usually on 

 the vomer and palatines; gills 4, a large slit behind the fourth; i^seudobranchise present; 

 gill-rakers various; gill-membranes free or variously attached to the isthmus. Ventral 

 fins thoracic, wide apart, separated by a fiat area, i, 4 or I, 5. Spinous dorsal present, 



