646 CONTEIBUTIOXS TO XORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



44: Cliiropsis consfellatus GivardjJJ. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 42, ^i Climis constelJatus 

 Giiutherii, 92: Chinis guttatits, consiellatus, and maculoseriatus Lockiugton, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1880, iii, 53-55: Gri/stes lineatiis ( ^) Ayres, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 9, 1854: 

 1 Laljrax octogrammus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso- Asiat. 283, $.) 



352.— OPHEOI>0]\ Girard. 

 ( Op lopom a G ir ard . ) 

 (Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 133: type Opliiodon elongafus Girard.) 



Body elongate, low, little compressed. Head long, rather pointed, 

 its surface scaleless. Mouth terminal, very large. Jaws with very 

 strong, sharp, unequal teeth, some of them canine-like; long series of 

 cardiform teeth on vomer and palatines. Gill-openings very wide, the 

 membranes not united, free from the isthmus. Preoperele with a few 

 bluntish spines; a dermal flap above the eye. Scales very small, be- 

 coming smooth with age. Lateral line single, continuous. Dorsal fin 

 long, deeply notched, the spines about -4 in number, slender and flex- 

 ible, the middle ones highest; anal fin long, without distinct spines; 

 ventrals, I, 5, inserted somewhat behind pectorals; pectoral fin broad. 

 Pyloric cceca very numerous. Gill-rakers tubercle-like. Species of large 

 size ; among the largest of the cottiform fishes. {("f>t<;, snake ; oSojv, tooth.) 



1002. O. cEOBig-atus Grd. — CuUus Cod; Blue Cod; Buffalo Cod; Ling. 



Dark brown above, much mottled ; dorsal fin and whole upper part 

 of body covered with small rusty brown spots of varying size and hue; 

 lower parts of body of a livid bluish greon, especially in the adult, the 

 flesh and all membranes tinged with green; ground color often bluish 

 or reddish tinged; young sometimes bright green; fins dusky, mottled, 

 the dorsal and caudal with a very narrow, pale edging. Head large, 

 the snout sharp, conic. Mouth very large, the lower jaw prominent ; 

 maxillary reaching beyond orbit; each jaw with a series of large 

 pointed teeth, bent inward and immovable; front of upper jaw with 

 2-4 larger canines; outside of the series of large teeth each jaw has 

 numerous small, sharp teeth; vomer and palatines with a single row of 

 canines; supraorbital tentacle much shorter than pupil. Dorsal fin be- 

 ginning above preoperele, the fin very deeply notched, the highest spines 

 nearly one-third length of head; caudal eraarginate. Head 3^; depth 

 5. D. XXV-21; A. 22. L. 40 inches. Pacific coast, Alaska to Santa 

 Barbara; very abundant, reaching a weight of 30-40 pounds, being one 

 of the most important food-fishes on the coast. 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. N.at. Sci. Phila. 1854, 133; Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 

 48; Giinther, ii, 94: Oplopoma i)anfheri))a Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1856, 

 135, and in U. S. Pac. K. R. Surv. Fish. 46: Ophiodon pantherinus Giinther, ii, 93.) 



