1. BEOTTTLA. 371 



Fifth Group : Congrogadina. 



No ventral fins whatever ; vent remote from the head ; gill-open- 

 ings of moderate width, the gill-membranes being united below the 

 throat, not attached to the isthmus. 



Vertical fins united 15. Congrogadus, p. 388. 



Caudal free 16. Haliophis, p. 389. 



First Group. BROTULINA. 



Ventral fins present, attached to the humeral arch. 



1. BROTULA. 



Brotula, Cuv. R^gne Anim. 



Body elongate, covered with minute scales. Eye of moderate 

 size. Vertical fins united ; each ventral reduced to a single filament, 

 sometimes bifid at its extremity. Bands of villiform teeth in the 

 jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Snout with barbels. 

 Eight branchiostegals ; air-bladder large, with two horns posteriorly. 

 One pyloric appendage. 



Caribbean Sea. Indian Ocean. 



1. Brotula barbata. 



Parra, p. 70. lam. 31. fig. 2 (Brotula). 

 Gadus, sp., Herrm. Comment. Tabul. Affin. p. 337. 

 Enchelyopus barbatus, Bl. Schn. p. 52. 



Brotula barbata, Cuv. Reqne Anim. ; Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 102. lam. 9. 

 fig. 2. 



B. 8. D. 123. A. 93. V. 1. Csc. pylor. 1. Vert. 16/39. 



The height of the body is less than the length of the head, which 

 is two-ninths of the total (without caudal). Upper jaw longest, the 

 upper and the lower with three barbels on each side. Ventral half 

 as long as the head ; the dorsal commences behind the vertical from 

 the root of the pectoral. Fins enveloped in thick skin. 



Caribbean Sea. 



2. Brotula multibarbata. 



Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 251. pi. 111. fig. 2. 



B. 8. D., C. & A. 186. Ctec. pylor. 2. 



The height of the body is contained four times or four times and 

 a half, the length of the head five times in the total length. The 

 width of the interorbital space is three-quarters of the diameter of 

 the eye, which equals the length of the snout. Upper jaw the longer ; 

 the maxillary extends to below the posterior margin of the eye ; both 

 jaws with three barbels on each side. Opercle terminating in a spine. 

 The length of the ventral is two-thirds of that of the head ; each 



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