[129] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



522.— LOTA Cuvier. (441) 



1542. Lota lota maculosa Le Sueur. Vv. Eu. (1236) 



523.— PHYCIS Block & Scliueider. (437) 



1543. Phycis regius Walhauin. N. S. (1229) 



1544. Phycis floridanus' Beau & Dresel. S. 



1545. Phycis earlli Bean. S. (1230) 



1546. Phycis chuss Walbaura. N. (1231) 



1547. Phycis tenuis Mitchill. N. (1232) 



1548. Phycis chesteri Goode & Bean. B. (1233) 



524.— L JE3MONEMA - Giinther. 



1549. Laemonema barbatula Goode & Bean. B. 



525.— ANTIMORA' Guntber. (438) 



1550. Antimora viola Goode & Bean. B. (1233 6.) 



' Phycis floridanus Beau & Dresel. 



In f!;eneral appearance it resembles P. regiiis, differing from this in its smaller 

 scales and more numerous dorsal rays. The greatest height is one-fifth of the total 

 length to caudal base, and equals four-fifths of the length of head. Head 4 times in 

 length to caudal base ; eye slightly less than snout, 5 times in length of head; max- 

 illa slightly less than mandible, one-half length of head. First dorsal not produced; 

 ventral about five-fourths length of head ; pectoral equal to head in length. Dorsal 

 13, 57; Anal, 49. Scales between first dorsal and lateral line in nine or ten rows; 

 about 120 scales in the lateral line; L. 7:J^ inches. Pensacola. {Bean ^ Dresel.) 



(Bean & Dresel, Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash., 1884, 100.) 



"Ljemonema Giinther. 



(Giinther, IV, 3.56, 1862; type Phycis yarrelli Lowe.) 



This genus is scarcely distinct from Phijcis, differing chiefly in the character of the 

 ffrst dorsal, which is composed of five rays only, the anterior ray being filamentous. 

 Deep water. {Aai/uu?, throat; vTf/iia, thread.) 



Lcemonema iarbatula Goode & Bean. 



Color of species of Phijcis; dorsal and anal with narrow black margins. Eye 3 in 

 head ; upper jaw a little more than 2 ; barbel half as long as eye; vent under 6th ray 

 •of spinous dorsal; first ray of first dorsal elongate, about 3 times length of caudal, 

 about reaching 24th ray of second dorsal. Distance from snout to front of anal 

 twice length of head ; ventrals as long as pectorals, not reaching vent ; scales small, 

 very thin, deciduous. D. 5-63. A. 59. P. 19. V. 2. Scales 13-140, 31. L. 7 inches. 

 Gulf Stream, latitude 32°, in deep water. (Goode <^- Bean.) 



(Lcemonema harhatula Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoul., XIX, 204.) 



^ Haloporphiirus viola belongs to the subgenus Antimora (GUnther, Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., 1878, 2; type Haloporphyrus rot<tratus Giinther). This group differs from Halo- 

 porphyrus "in the form of the snout, the backward position of the vent, the imperfect 

 division of the anal, in which latter respect it approaches Mora." In Haloporphyrus 

 the snout is subconical, obtusely rounded ; in Antimora it forms a flat, triangular 

 .lamina, sharply keeled at the sides, resembling the snout of Macrurus. The diagnosis 

 of Haloporphyrus given in ^ihe Synopsis (p. 800) applies to Antimora and not to Halo- 

 2)orphyrtis. 



In the very brief description of Haloporphyrus rostratus Giinther, 1. c. (from the mid- 

 Atlantic east of Rio de la Plata), there is nothing by which our species can be 

 ^iistinguished from it. It is probable that the two will jirove identical. A. rostrata 

 lias five months' priority in date over A. viola. 



