105. CHIRIDJi: ANOPLOPOMA. 649 



355.— 1TIYRIOL.EPIS Lockington. 

 (Lockiugtou, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,243: type Myriolepis zoiiifcr Lockington.) 



Body obloug, somewhat comj^ressed. Head heavy. Mouth moderate, 

 the lower jaw slightly projectmg; both jaws with bands of slender, 

 sharp teeth, the front teeth slightly enlarged ; similar teeth on vomer 

 and palatines ; preopercle entire; no dermal flaps. Gill-rakers short; gill- 

 membranes very narrowly joined to the isthmus. Scales small, ctenoid, 

 everywhere covering the head and body and Ihe soft parts of most of 

 the fins. Lateral line single. Dorsal fin deeply emarginate ; the spines 

 about 15 in number. Anal rather short, without distinct spines, [ij-upmc;^ 

 many; /e-j?, scale.) 



1005. M. zonifer Lockington. 



Black above, whitish below, with four broad black bars on the sides; 

 the first over the pectorals ; the second anterior to the vent, almost en- 

 circling the body; the third near the base of the anal, and the fourth 

 encircling the caudal peduncle ; a black bar at base of caudal and two 

 across the fin; other fins blotched and banded with light and dark; 

 ctenoid tips of the scales white. Head everywhere densely scaly, the 

 only naked areas on the head being the lips and the folds of the gill- 

 mmebranes. Scales on body largest posteriorly, small on head and 

 chest. Vertical fins, except the spinous dorsal, covered nearly to the 

 ti])s of the rays with small scales; external surfaces of paired fins 

 similarlj' scaly; spinous dorsal with a few scales. Pectorals broad, 

 lanceolate, not reaching the vent; fourth dorsal spine longest, the 

 others diminishing regularly to the 12th. Eyes lateral, shorter than 

 snout; interorbital si)ace broad, slightly convex. Head 4 in total 

 length; depth 3|. D. XIV-I, 15; A. II, 11; Lat. 1. 130. Monterey 

 Bay, California ; one specimen known. 

 (Lockington, Proc. U. S. Niit. Mus. 1880, 248.) 



356.— j|^OPI.OPOI?IA Ayrea. 

 {Scomirocottus Peters.) 



(Ayros, Proc. Cul. Acad. Nat. Sci. 18.^9,27 : type Anoplopoma merJangus Ayres= Gadiis 

 fimbria Pallas.) 



Body elongate, little compressed, tapering into a very slender caudal 

 peduncle. Head rather long, the snout somewhat tapering. Mouth ter- 

 minal, moderate, the lower jaw included; maxillary very narrow, slip- 

 ping almost entirely under the preorbital; teeth moderate, cardiform, 



