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  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  827 
  

  

  Family 
  XLIV.— 
  SYNODONTID^E. 
  1 
  (12 
  part.) 
  

  

  122.— 
  SYNODUS 
  (Gronow) 
  Bloch 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  § 
  Synodus. 
  

  

  477. 
  Synodus 
  foeteiis 
  Linnaeus. 
  S. 
  (4G3) 
  

  

  478. 
  Synodus 
  spixianus 
  2 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  

  

  479. 
  Synodus 
  scituliceps 
  3 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  480. 
  Synodus 
  lucioceps 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (464) 
  

  

  481. 
  Synodus 
  anolis 
  4 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  (4646.) 
  

  

  § 
  Trachinocephalvs 
  Gill. 
  

  

  482. 
  Synodus 
  myops 
  Forster. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (4C5) 
  

  

  123.— 
  BATHYSAURUS 
  5 
  Giinther. 
  

  

  483. 
  Bathysaurus 
  agassizii 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  Family 
  XLV.— 
  SCOPELID^. 
  (42) 
  

  

  124.— 
  MYCTOPHUM 
  Rafinesque. 
  (131) 
  

  

  484. 
  Myctophum 
  crenulare 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  C. 
  (466) 
  

  

  1 
  Apparently 
  those 
  genera 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  synopsis 
  Scopelidw, 
  which 
  have 
  

   the 
  maxillary 
  rudimentary 
  and 
  adnata 
  to 
  the 
  prem 
  axillary, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  entirely 
  

   wanting, 
  should 
  bo 
  detached 
  from 
  Scopelidw, 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  separate 
  family, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  called 
  Synodontidw 
  by 
  Professor 
  Gill. 
  To 
  this 
  group 
  belong, 
  in 
  our 
  fauna, 
  the 
  

   genera 
  Synodus 
  and 
  Bathysaurus, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  genera 
  of 
  Harpodon 
  and 
  

   Saurida. 
  

  

  " 
  Synodus 
  sjnxianusYoej. 
  Lagarto 
  : 
  Soap-fish. 
  

  

  Sandy 
  gray, 
  light 
  or 
  dark, 
  much 
  mottled 
  above 
  with 
  darker 
  olive; 
  brauchiostegnls 
  

   pale 
  yellowish; 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  without 
  distinct 
  vermiculations; 
  dorsal 
  scarcely 
  barred; 
  

   caudal 
  dusky 
  ; 
  other 
  fins 
  pale, 
  with 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  yellow 
  in 
  life; 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  bend 
  

   mottled 
  with 
  dusky. 
  No 
  scapular 
  spot 
  ; 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  not 
  black. 
  General 
  forhi 
  and 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  S. 
  fastens, 
  the 
  teeth 
  rather 
  stronger; 
  the 
  jaws 
  a 
  little 
  longer; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   1-| 
  in 
  head. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  shorter 
  and 
  higher, 
  its 
  free 
  edge 
  more 
  oblique 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  fcetens, 
  

   its 
  anterior 
  rays 
  when 
  depressed 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  posterior, 
  1-J 
  in 
  

   head. 
  Scales 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  fattens. 
  Pectorals 
  2 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  ventrals 
  1{-. 
  D. 
  1, 
  i). 
  A. 
  11 
  

   or 
  12. 
  Lat. 
  1. 
  GO. 
  Florida 
  Keys 
  and 
  Cuba. 
  Abundant. 
  

  

  (Saurus 
  spixianus 
  Poey. 
  Memorias 
  Cuba, 
  ii, 
  304, 
  1860 
  ; 
  Poey, 
  Emun. 
  Pise. 
  Cubens., 
  

   1875, 
  141, 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  107.) 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Synodus, 
  see 
  Meek 
  

   Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1884, 
  130. 
  

  

  3 
  Synodus 
  scituliceps 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  344. 
  Mazatlan 
  to 
  

   Panama. 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  species 
  described 
  in 
  tho 
  Synopsis 
  (p. 
  889) 
  as 
  Synodus 
  intermedins, 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  

   species, 
  but 
  a 
  diiferent 
  one, 
  Saur 
  us 
  anolis 
  Cuv. 
  &Vail., 
  xxii, 
  1849, 
  438= 
  Synodus 
  cuoanus 
  

   Poey, 
  Enum. 
  Pise. 
  Cubens. 
  1875, 
  143. 
  Saurus 
  intermedins 
  Agassiz 
  & 
  Spix. 
  = 
  Synodus 
  

   intermedins 
  Poey, 
  Enum. 
  Pise. 
  Cubens. 
  1875, 
  143, 
  has 
  the 
  mouth 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  8. 
  

   anolis, 
  the 
  scales 
  larger 
  (lat. 
  1. 
  45), 
  the 
  scapular 
  region 
  without 
  distinct 
  black 
  spot, 
  

   and 
  the 
  coloration 
  less 
  variegated. 
  S. 
  intermedins 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  Cuba, 
  but 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  

   been 
  noticed 
  in 
  our 
  waters. 
  In 
  the 
  adult 
  of 
  S. 
  anolis, 
  tho 
  lower 
  parts 
  are 
  marked 
  by 
  

   stripes 
  formed 
  by 
  an 
  orange 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  scale 
  ; 
  tho 
  number 
  of 
  cross-bars 
  is 
  usually 
  

   doubled 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  shorter 
  one 
  between 
  each 
  pair. 
  

  

  Bathysaurus 
  Giinther. 
  

   (Giinther 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Aug., 
  1878, 
  181) 
  ; 
  type 
  Bathysaurus 
  ferox 
  Giinther.) 
  

   Body 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  Synodus, 
  subcylindrical, 
  elongate, 
  covered 
  with 
  small 
  scales. 
  

  

  