94 TRIGLID^. 



above the orbit ; the upper maxillary reaches to beyond the vertical 

 from the posterior maij^in of the orbit. Brown : head and body 

 spotted with black. (Gir.) 



Cape Flattery, W. coast of N. America. 



2. Ophiodon elongatus. 



Gtrard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 133, and U. S. Pacif. 

 R. Jt. Exped. Fishes, p. 48. pi. 18. f. 4-7. 



D. 26 I 22. A. 24. V. 1/5. 



The dorsal fins separated from each other by a slight notch ; no 

 flap above the orbit. The upper maxillary reaches to the vertical 

 from the jiosteinor margin of the orbit. Brown, spotted all over 

 with blackish. {Gir.) 



Coasts of California. 



3. AGRAMMUS. 



Labrax, sp., Temm. Sf Schley. Faun. Japan. Perns, p. 56. 



Head and body compressed, rather elongate, with small ctenoid 

 scales ; k single lateral line. Bones of the head not armed. One 

 elongate dorsal, with seventeen or eighteen spines ; anal elongate ; 

 ventral with one spine and five rays. Small teeth in the jaws and 

 on the vomer ; none on the palatines. No flap above the orbit. 

 Branchiostegals six. Pyloric appendages ? 

 Sea of Japan. 



1. Agrammus schlegelii. 

 Labrax agrammus, Temm. <5r Schley. I. c. 



D. i^J. A. 18-20. L. lat. 90. 



The length of the head is one-fifth of the total. The upper 

 maxillary reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. Brownish, marbled or irregularly banded A\ith darker. 



Sea of Japan. 



o. Adult: skin, in spirits. Japan. 



4. ZANIOLEPIS. 



Zaniodermis, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1857, p. 202. 

 Zaniolepis, Girard in U. S. Pacif. li. li. Exped. Fishes, p. 73. 



Head and body compi-essed, slightly elongate ; the upper sm-face 

 of the head spineless. Prajoperculum armed. Scales minute, im- 

 bedded in the epideiTnis, with the posterior margin comb-like and 

 projecting from the skin. One dorsal ; the spinous portion and the 

 anal much longer than the soft. The anterior part of the spinous 

 dorsal elevated. Ventrals thoracic. Caid-like tectli in the jaws, on 

 the vomer and the palatine bones. Branchiostegals six. 



Pacific coasts of the United States. 



Nothing has been made known of (he anatomy of this fish, \)\\\ it 

 appears to me to have some relation to the genera <if tliis grouji. 



