42. SCOPELIDiE SYNODUS. 279 



dorsal, their distance from front of orbit twice that from base of caudal; 

 distance of front of dorsal to base of caudal half its distance from tip 

 of snout; caudal widely forked. Head 4; depth 13. D. 8; A. 31; P. 

 11; V. 9, Lat. 1. GO. Puget Sound, scarcely differing from the pre- 

 ceding, the teeth a little weaker. 



{Paralepis cornscanti Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1880, 411.) 



Family XLII.— SCOPELID^. 



{The ScojycUds.) 



Body oblong or elongate, compressed or not, naked or covered with 

 scales, which are usually cycloid. Mouth very wide, the entire margin 

 of the upper jaw formed by the long and slender xnemaxillaries, closely 

 adherent to which are the slender maxillaiies, the latter sometimes rudi- 

 mental or obsolete. Teeth various, mostl^^ cardiform on both jaws, 

 tongue, and palatines; canines often present; large teeth usually de- 

 j)ressible. No barbels. Opercular bones usually thin, often incomplete. 

 Gill-membranes separate, free from the isthmus. Branchiostegals usu- 

 ally numerous. Pseudobranchiaj present. Gill-rakers various. Lateral 

 line usually present. Cheeks and opercles commonly scaly. Adipose 

 iin present in most of the genera. Dorsal fin short, median or rather 

 anterior, of soft rays only. Pectorals and ventrals present. Anal tin 

 moderate or long. Caudal forked. Skeleton weakly ossified. Air- 

 bladder small or wanting. Intestinal canal short. Sides sometimes 

 with phosphorescent spots. Eggs inclosed in the sacs of the ovary and 

 extruded through an oviduct. Genera 10, species about 50, mostly in- 

 habiting deep water in warm regions. 



(Scopdidw group Saurina Giiutlior, v, ;*)1):5-417.) 



*B<)(ly withont i)lu).si>lior(3S(',out spots. {Sunodovtina'..) 

 a. Teeth not bail K'd; maxillary uot dilated hcbiiKl ; teeth on the pahito in a single 



band on each side .* Synodus, 130. 



**Body witli phosphorescent spots. (Scopeliiia'.) 



b. Body compressed, covered with large, smootli scales Myctopucm, 131. 



130.— SYrVOOUS BIocli & Schneider. 

 Lizard-Jishes. 



{Saiirus Cnvier, 1>^17.) 

 (GroDOvins; Bloch & Schneid. Ichth. 1801, 390: type Esox srinodiis L.) 



Body oblong or elongate, nearly terete. Head depressed, the snout 

 triangular, rather pointed. Interoibital region transversely concave. 



