43 STERXOPTYCniD^ — MAUROLICUS. 283 



usual pli()si)li()re.scent spots present, as above described; no evident 

 ereain -colored blotch on the back of tail. L, 2J inches. Santa Barbara 

 Channel, (Jalifornia. 

 (Jordan & Gilbi^rt, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 274.) 



467. M. glaciate (Pa-iiih.) J. & G. 



Sijont very short and obtuse, with the upper profile descending in a 

 very strong* curve ; cleft of mouth oblique ; maxillary reaching to the 

 angle of the i^rajoperculum, 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, which is nearly as deep as long. 

 Depth 4, nearly equal to length of head. D. 13; A. 17; V. 8. Lat. 1. 

 3G. Coasts of Scandinavia and Greenland. {GUnther.) 



{Sco2)ehts gladalis Eeiuliardt, Dausk. Videusk. Selsk. 1838, vii, US, 12G: Scopdus 

 gludalis Giiutlier, v, 407.) 



Family XLIIL— STERNOPTYCIIID^E. 



{The Sternoptychids.) 



Body oblong or ovate, naked. Mouth very wide, its cleft oblique or 

 vertical. 3Iargins of upper jaw formed laterally by the maxillaries, the 

 edges of which are 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 si)ots. Adipose fin present, often small. Dorsal fin moderate, 

 usually median, sometimes preceded by a rudimentary spinous dorsal. 

 Eggs extruded through oviducts. Skeleton imperfectly ossified. Small 

 fishes of the deep seas. Genera 4; species about 12. 



{Sternoptydiidiv groups Stcrnoptijchina and Cocdina Giiutlier, v, 364-391.) 



*No scales ; no ludiuientary si)iu()U8 dorsal; pseudobraucliia^ present. (Cotdina:) 

 t Lower jaw prouiiuent Mauuolicus, 132. 



132.— MAUROLICUS Cocco. 



Argentines. 



(Cocco, Lettere sui Salnioui, 32: type MauroHcus amcfhi/xl uiopitncratus Cocco.) 



Body oblong, compressed, naked, covered with silveiy ])igment; 

 series of phosi)horescent 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 i)rominent. IMaxillary large, broad, nmch 

 I)roduced backwards, receiving the slender premaxillary in the upper 



