340 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Pectorals not very broad, rays all branched. Ventrals thoracic or 
subjugular, I, 5, close together. 
Fishes of the tropical and temperate seas, some reaching a large 
size. 
Genus LoPHOLATILUS Goode and Bean. 
The Tile Fishes. 
Lopholatilus chamzleonticeps Goode and Bean. 
PLATE 68. 
Tile Fish. 
Head 31% > dept 3345 D. VIL, 156. Ay IL) 16: *scalessamaue 
88 in lateral series to base of caudal, and about 8 more on latter ; 
pores about 70 in lateral line to base of caudal and 6 more on 
latter; 8 scales between lateral line and dorsal at origin, and 25 
between lateral line and origin of anal, in vertical counts; snout 
2¥% in head; eye 543; maxillary 2%; interorbital space 3%; 
seventh dorsal spine 3%; thirteenth dorsal ray 2; second anal 
spine 3%5; twelfth anal ray 24/,; upper caudal lobe 1%; pec- 
toral 13/,); ventral 134; least depth of caudal peduncle 3%; 
greatest width of body a little more than caudal peduncle; 20 
maxillary canines, and irregular; about 14 mandibular canines 3. 
mandibular barbel about 2%4 in eye; space between posterior 
nostril and eye a trifle more than first anal spine, and less than 
one-third space to tip of snout; inner caudal rays 17/7 in outer 
rays; vent behind fourth dorsal ray. Upper profile of head con- 
vex. Head deep, well compressed and sides flattened. Gill- 
rakers 9 + 13, short, and inner surface asperous. Gill-filaments 
short, though longer than rakers, or one-third of orbit. Last 
dorsal and anal ray produced. Pectoral reaches anal, seventh 
ray longest, and eighth ray 1*/; in length of former. Ventral 
spine about *4/, length of fin. Ventral inserted a trifle behind 
pectoral and not reaching vent. Margin of spinous dorsal notched 
and first two spines close together. Lateral line high and straight 
below bases of dorsal. Length 23 inches. The example described 
