15G TELEOSTKI: ACANTIIOl'TKKI. — XX. 



form toj];i'thcr a j^roui) or subordiT railed by Professor Cope the 

 scyphouuanchii. 



Family LXXXI. URANOSCOPID.^. (Tiik Star- 

 Gazkk.s.) 



Body t'lnn<jati', tap('rin<jj behind; scales usually small, evcloid ; 

 lateral line mostly obsulete. Head cuboid, usually mailed ai)ove 

 and on eheeks. Kyes small, on front of top of head. Mouth verti- 

 cal, the lower jaw prominent, the lij)S mostly frin<jed ; teeth small ; 

 premaxillaries j)rotractile ; maxillary broad, simple, not concealed 

 by preorbital. Gill openinj^s very wide, the membranes free ; <]jills 

 3^. a small slit behind the last. Pseudobranchia' present. Spinous 

 1). very short, the fin lonj;; A. lonfr ; P. with broad obli(pie base; 

 V. jufjular, i, 5. No air-bladder. Carnivorous fishes of the shores 

 in warm rejrions. Genera about 7 ; species 20. {ovpavos, sky ; 

 aKOTTtu), to look.) 



a. Dorsal fins two ; lioad witliout spines. 



b. Head above entirely covered by a rugose coat of mail; a small barbel 



in moutli, before tongue AsTKoscoi'Us, 201. 



bb. Head above with a Y-shaped bony i)rojeotion extendiuf; forward from 

 occipital region; on each side of this shield a trajie/oidal naked area; 

 mouth without tentacle Ul'siLoM'iionus, 2U2. 



201. ASTROSCOPUS Brevoort. (aarpov, star ; aKomw, to 



look.) 



432. A. anoplos (Cuv. & Val.). Jet black above and on lower 

 jaw and 1st I).; belly and fins pale ; scales minute. Head 2^; dej)th 

 3\. D. IV-14. A. 13. L. 2^. N. Y. to Key West. (av6n\os, 

 unarmed.) 



202. UPSILONPHORUS Gill. (v\l/i\6v, Y; (})opeo), to bear, 

 from the bones on top of heail.) 



433. U. y-grsBCum (Cuv. & Yal.) Brownish, everywhere finely 

 spotted with white ; a dark horizontal band on tail; C. with length- 

 wise stripes. Head 2^; depth 3 J. D. IV- 13. A. 12. Lat. 1. 

 113. L. 10. X. J., S. 



Family LXXXH. GOBIID^. (The Gobies.) 



Body oblonj; or elonjjate, variously naked or scaly ; no lateral 

 line; mouth and teeth various; premaxillary protractile; suljorbital 

 without bony stay; skin of head coverinj? eyes; open-les mostly un- 

 armed; p.seudobrancliia3 present; pills 4; pill membranes united 

 with the isthmus; spinous dorsal little developed, of 2 to 8 flexii)le 

 spines; anal without spine; V. I, 5, close together or usually fully 

 united into a sort of .suekin;^ disk ; C. convex ; anal pajiilla evident. 



