45. STOMIATID^. 285 



lower jaw prqjectiug, the snout iiuich shorter than eye. Mouth ex- 

 tremely wide, the cleft reachiug much beyond eye. I'remaxillaries 

 with four lon^j fang--like canines on each side. Mandible with pointed, 

 wide-set teeth, the anterior ones excessively long; none of these large 

 teeth received within the mouth. ]Maxillaries with tine teeth; palatine 

 with a single series of small pointed teeth; no teeth on the tongue. 

 Eye moderate. Pectorals moderate. Yeutrals large. Dorsal fin higli, 

 l)Ia('ed anteriorl}^, well in iront of the ventrals. Adipose tin moderate, 

 sometimes fimbriate, opposite the low, short anal. Gandal moderate, 

 forked. Gill-oi)enings very wide. ISTo gill-rakers. Branchiostegals 

 numerous. [yanXuiz^ exserted; oVJour, tooth.) 



469. C. sHoa-Ji Bloch & Schneider. 



Greenish above; sides silvery; belly blackish. Dorsal not far behind 

 head, its first ray produced in a long filament. Pectoral fins short. 

 Ventral fins elongate, longer than head. About 30 phosphorescent dots 

 in a series from the chin to the ventrals. Scales of the body subhexag- 

 oual. Head nearly as deep as long, 7 in total length ; depth about the 

 same. B. 17; D.C; A. 12; V. 7; Lat. 1. 56. L. 12 inches. {Giuither.) 

 Mediterranean and deep waters of the Atlantic ; a si^ecimen found in 

 the stomach of a cod on George's Banks. 



(Blocb & Sclmeider, 430; Giiiitlier, v, 39:2.) 



Family XLY.— STOMIATIDiE. 



{The Stomiatoids.) 



Body elongate, naked or covered with thin deciduous scales. jMouth 

 very wide. Lateral margin of upper jaw formed by the maxillaries, 

 which are provided with teeth along their edges. Teeth usually very 

 str:mg, unequal, some of them often fang-}ike. Gill-membranes not 

 joined, free from the isthmus. Branchiostegals numerous. A long- 

 fleshy barbel suspended from the throat. Ko pseudobranchia^ Sides 

 with phosphorescent spots. Dorsal fin short, median or posterior, with- 

 out spines. Adipose fin present or absent. Pectorals and ventrals 

 present. Opercular apparatus incomi)lete. Skeleton feebly ossified. 

 Eggs excluded through oviducts. Deep-sea fishes of the Atlantic. 

 Genera 4; species 8 or 10. 



{Stomiaiidfr GiiiitluT, v, 424.) 



*No n(lii)o.se iiii ; dorsal ()]>])<)sit(' anal. (Slomialiiia'.) 



a. Body with fine deciduous .scales Stomias, 134. 



aa. Body uaked. 



