in:, (a) latilid.e. G'23 



the inner rays longest. Skeleton well ossified. Pyloric cosoa few (2 or 

 3). Xo anal jjapilla. Nortli J\K-ilic. {fiaOu^, deep; fia/rzrjp, a searcher.) 



i)7i. Bo say^aanSSES Cope. — Ronquil. 



Olivaceous, tinged with brown; about 8 round, faint bluish blotches 

 along the sides, each surrounded by rings of yellow spots; a yellow 

 ring arouud the eye and a yellow band along the cheek; fins translu- 

 cent, the anal with a yellowish stripe and a bluish edging; dorsal red- 

 dish or yellow, with a dusky blotch in frout; ventrals dusky; larger 

 specimens nearly uniformly dark. Eye large, about as long as snout, 

 i in head; its diameter much more than interocular space; maxillary 

 extending to below front of pupil; cheeks closely scaly; rest of head 

 entirely naked; a narrow, naked area in front of dorsal, bounded by 

 rows of r.iucous pores; skull with large mucous cavities behind the 

 eyes, wliicli are translucent in life; scales of lateral line enlarged, twice 

 as far apart as the others. Dorsal fin inserted at a distance behind 

 the occiput, less than the diameter of the eye; pectorals | the length 

 of the head; fourth ray of ventrals longest; vent much nearer snort 

 than root of caudal; caudal vertebne about 33. Head 4^; depth 6§. 

 J). 41 ; A. 33; V. I, 5; P. 18; Lat. 1. 92 + G (tubes) ; scales in about 200 

 transverse series. L. 12 inches. Alaska to Puget Sound, about rocks, 

 in water of moderate depth. 



(Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1873.) 



Family CII («) — LATILID^.* 



{The BlanquiUoH.) 



Body more or less elongate, fusiform or comi)ressed. Head subcon- 

 ical, the profile usually convex; suborbital without bony stay; cranial 

 bones not cavernous; opercular bones armed or not. Mouth moderate, 

 terminal, usually little oblique; teeth rather strong; preraaxillary usu- 

 ally with a posterior canine; premaxillaries protractile; maxillary with- 

 out supplemental bone, not slipping under the edge of the preorbital. 

 Gills 4, a long slit behind the fourth. Pseudobranchiix; well developed. 

 Gill-membranes separate, or more or less united, often adherent to the 

 isthmus. Lower pharyngeals separate. Scales small, ctenoid. Lateral 

 line present, complete. Dorsal fin long and low, usually continuous, the 

 spinous ]K)rtion always nnich less developed than the soft portion, but 

 never obsolete; anal lin very long, its spines usually feeble and few; 



* Called TracMnidw iu the key ou page 78 ; see also family 102 (6), Trichodontidce. 



