lia. BATRACHID.E PORICIITIIYS. 751 



T7itli black bars, those on (l;)rsal and anal <)bli(iii<'. Teeth in mandible 

 .small anteriorly, regularly increasini^in siz(^ backwards; those on vomci.- 

 prominent; a broad Hap above orbit; tip of maxillary and lower side of 

 mandible with conspicuous cirri; a series of smaller cirri along margin 

 of preopercle; subox)erclo ending in a long, sharp spine; orbit about 

 etjnalling interorbital width or length of snout; pectoral Avith a large 

 foramen in the axil. Head 2|; depth 4^. D. III-27; A. 24. Massa- 

 chusetts to the West Indies; very abundant. 



(Gadiix tail Linn. Syst. Xat. ; Giinlhcr, iii, 1G7.) 

 Snbsp. pai'dus Goode & Beau. 



Very jiale yellowish-brown, thickly covered with round spots of dark 

 brown; those on head smaller; belly with numerous spots, the largest 

 as large as eye; back with many oblong blotches, besides small round 

 spots: fins blotched and banded; otherwise as in B. tan. Pensacola, 



ria. 



(Goodc & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 3:10.) 



399.— PORICHTHYS Girard. 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141: tyiie Porichthys noiatus Grd. = i?a/r(7- 

 chu8 porosissimiis C. & V.) 



Body rather elongate; head not very broad, depressed, the lower jaw 

 in'ojecting; skin naked, with several series of mucous pores; mouth 

 wide, with conical teeth in the jaws, and a canine tooth on each side of 

 the vomer; opercle with a single sjiine; first dorsal with 2 very small, 

 stout sj)ines; pectoral broad, without foramen in the axil; branchiost«- 

 gals 0; air bladder divided into two lateral parts; vertebrae ll-f.'?I, 

 ^-",""T, pore; lyOh:;^ ^^\\-^ iu allusion to the extraordinary development 

 of the mucous system.) 



Ii50. p. poa'OSissJEBlMS (Ctiv. & Val.) Giiutlun-. — Mkhhipman. 



Olive brown above, with coppery reflections, the belly brassy-yellow ; 

 sides with irregular broad vertical cross-blotches, most distinct in the 

 young; dorsal grayish, with oblique dark bars; vertical tins sometimes 

 margined with black; pores of lateral lines bead-like, shining silvery; 

 a white space below eye, w^ith a black crescent below it. Head nar- 

 rowed forwards; opercle developed as a strong spine; maxillar^^ reach- 

 ing beyond orbit; lower jaw with a single row of about I9 large, re- 

 curved teeth, behind which is a patch of small teeth; sides of jaw with 

 a single series of canines similar to those in front, but larger; upper 

 jaw with an irregular series of small teeth; palatines with a single 



