42. SCOPELIDJi: MYCTOPHUM. 281 



461. S. lEicioccps (Ayrcs) Gill. 



Olive-brown above, grayish below, with some golden lustre on sides; 

 back with shity reticuhitions; head not vennicnhited above; lower si<h'. 

 of head and ventral tins yellow. Eye 5 in head. Scales arranged in 

 regular, very oblique rows; those on the opercles in about 8, on the 

 cheeks in about 9 rows; 40-50 scales along the back before the dor- 

 sal, G in a vertical row between adipose fin and lateral line, and 10 in 

 an oblique row. Pectoral fin longer, reaching base of veutrals, its 

 length about equal to that of the preraaxillary. Ventral fin not so long- 

 as the space between snout and upper edge of gill-opening. Interor- 

 bital space little concave, nearly smooth. Head 4 ; depth 8^. D. 1 1 ; 

 A. 12; B. 14; scales 13-G6-1G (the vertical series counted obliquely). 

 L. 12 inches. San Francisco toJNIexico; rather common in summer. 



{Saurus Juclocejps Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1855, GG: Saurus luciocq>s Giiutber, 

 V, 397.) 



** Body rather stout; snout short, obtuse, shorter than eye; lower jaw the longer. 

 ( Trachinoeephalus Gill.*) 



465. §. myops (Forster) Jor. & Gilb. 



Grayish, mottled or barred; scapula black. Body moderately elon- 

 gate, tapering backwards. Mouth very large, maxillary more than half 

 length of head ; snout shorter than eye ; lower jaw somewhat projecting ; 

 top of head corrugated; iuterorbital space concave. Anal fin compara- 

 tively long. Ventral fins very long, reaching about to the vent. Head 

 3§ in length; depth about 5. D. 11; A. 14; scales 4-5S-7. Tropical 

 seas; not common on our South Atlantic coast. 



{Salmo mijops Forstei', MSS. Bloch & Schneider, 421: Saurus myopn Giiuther, v, 393,) 



131.— MYCTOPIIUITI Rafmesqnc. 

 (SeopehiH Cuvier, 1817.) 

 (Rafinesque, Indice d'Ittiolof;ia Siciliaua, 1810: type Mi/ctoplunn puvctatum Raf.) 



Body oblong, compressed, covered with large cycloid scales, those of 

 the lateral line sometimes enlarged. A series of round luminous spots 

 along the lower side of the head and body. Head compressed. Mouth 

 large, the jaws usually about equal; premaxillary very long, slender; 

 maxillary well developed. Teeth in villiform bands on jaws, i)alatines, 

 IJterygoids, and tongue. Eye large. Gill-rakers very long and slender. 

 Branchiostegals 8-10. Pseudobranchiaj large. Air-bladder small. Py- 



*Gill, Cat. Fish. Fast Coast N. Anier. 18G1, 53, no description: typi- Sitlmo myopa 

 Forster. {rpaxiyoi, Trachinus; jiEipaXi), head.) 



