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caudal fin forked; tail dipby cereal; ventrals thoracic or sub uiu'ar, 

 I, 5, usually close together; pectoral fins not very broad, the rays all 

 branched. Vertebrre in increased number (35-50). Pyloric coeca few 

 or none. Fishes of the temperate and tropical seas, many of them 

 reaching a large size. Genera about 5; species about 10. 

 (Trachinidce, group Plngmpedina Giiatbcr, ii, 251-254.) 



a. Dorsal fi a coutiuiious; body scaly; nppsr jaw.s usually witli posterior cauines. 

 {LaiUinte.) 

 1). Dorsal aud anal with less than 20 soft rays each, 

 c. An adipose appendage at the nape; a fleshy prolongation on each side of the 

 labial fold, extending backward, behind angle of the mouth. 



LOPHOLATILUS, 335. 



hh. Dorsal aud anal lius each with more thau 20 soft rays; no adipose appendage at 

 the nape Caulolatilus, 336. 



33-5.— L,®FH<3>ILATIE,U§ Goode &, Beau. 



(Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 205: type LopliolaiUns chamosJeonUccps 

 G. &B.) 



This genus differs from Cmdolatilus and agrees with Latilus in the 

 small number of dorsal and anal rays, and is distinguished from both 

 by the presence of a large adipose appendage on the nape and by a 

 fleshy prolongation upon each side of the labial fold, extending back- 

 ward beyond the angle of the mouth. One species known. {Xo(^'o<;, 

 crest; Latilus.) 

 9? 2. Ei. cilJlsJBseleoaticcps Goode & Bsau. — Tile-fish. 



Coloration brilliant; head and body with numerous greenish -yellow 

 spots ; ui)per portion of body with a violaceous tint ; lower parts whitish, 

 with some areas of yellow; caudal rays striped with greenish-yellow, 

 some of the stripes connected by cross-blotches ; anal and ventral fins 

 whitish; pectorals violet-tinted, with some yellow on posterior surfaces; 

 soft dorsal with an upper broad band of violaceous and a narrow basal 

 portion of whitish; many rays each with a yellow stripe; anterior part 

 of fin with some yellow spots. Maxillary reaching anterior inargin of 

 orbit; opercle and preopercle scaly, the latter finely denticulate; upper 

 Jaw with an outer series of stronger teeth, behind which is a band of vil- 

 liform teeth; lower jaw with a few large canines and an inner series of 

 small conical teeth; vomer and palatines toothless. Head 3 in length; 

 depth 3.\. D. VII, 15; A. II, 13; scales 8-93-30. {Goode & Bean.) 

 Abundant in deep waters oft" the coast of IMassachusetts; a fine large 

 fish, which may become important as food. 

 (Goode & Bean, P.oc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 205.) 



