THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 377 
Genus AsprpoPpHOROIDES Lacépéde. 
The Sea Poachers. 
Aspidophorides monopterygius (Bloch). 
Body very slender, the depth about 8, plates in lateral line 46 
to 48, and nasal spines present. 
A peculiar fish, reaching a length of 6 inches, in deep water. 
Once recorded by Dr. Abbott from off the north shore. 

Sea Poacher. Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch). 
Aspidophoroides monopterygius Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, 
p. 816. 
Family CYCLOPTERID. 
The Lump Suckers. 
Body short and thick, more or less elevated. Head short and 
thick. Suborbital stay present, thin and flattish. Mouth small, 
terminal. Jaws with bands of slender simple teeth and none on 
vomer or palatines. Gill openings narrow, restricted to sides, 
and membranes broadly joined to isthmus and shoulder-girdle. 
Gills 3%. Pseudobranchie present. Branchiostegals 6. Body 
covered with a thick skin which is smooth, tubercular or spinous. 
Pyloric cceca numerous. Intestine elongate. Vertebre 12 -+ 16. 
Skeleton feebly ossified. Dorsals 2, anterior part of flexible 
spines, which in adult are sometimes hidden by fleshy hump, again 
