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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [74] 
  

  

  Family 
  XCIIL— 
  ZENID^. 
  (81) 
  

  

  267.— 
  ZENOPSIS 
  Gill. 
  (237) 
  

  

  827. 
  Zenopsis 
  ocellatus 
  Storer. 
  B. 
  (718) 
  

  

  Family 
  XCIV.— 
  BERYCIDJE. 
  (82) 
  

   268.-STEPHANOBERYX 
  1 
  Gill. 
  

  

  828. 
  Stephanoberyx 
  rnonae 
  Gill. 
  B. 
  

  

  269.— 
  CAULOLEPIS 
  2 
  Gill. 
  

  

  829. 
  Caulolepis 
  longidens 
  Gill. 
  B. 
  

  

  270.— 
  PLECTROMUS 
  3 
  Gill. 
  

  

  830. 
  Plectromus 
  suborbitalis 
  Gill. 
  B. 
  

  

  831. 
  Plectromus 
  crassiceps 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  1 
  Stephaxobekyx 
  Gill. 
  

  

  (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1883, 
  258; 
  type 
  Steplianoberyx 
  mono?. 
  Gill. 
  

  

  "Berycids 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  claviform 
  contour, 
  body 
  covered 
  with 
  cycloid 
  scales; 
  

   scarcely 
  imbricated, 
  and 
  armed 
  about 
  the 
  center 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  erect 
  spines 
  ; 
  an 
  oblong 
  

   head, 
  with 
  a 
  moderate 
  convex 
  snout 
  and 
  with 
  thin 
  osseous 
  ridges, 
  especially 
  an 
  inner 
  

   V-shaped 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  crown, 
  whose 
  limbs 
  diverge 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  nape, 
  and 
  an 
  outer 
  

   sigmoid, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  above 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  continuous 
  with 
  one 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  

   nasal 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  ridges 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  cross-bar 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  the 
  orbit 
  ; 
  rather 
  small 
  eyes, 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  teeth 
  

   small, 
  acute, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  tbe 
  premaxillaries 
  and 
  dentaries 
  (palate 
  toothless), 
  

   and 
  with 
  ventrals 
  having 
  one 
  spine 
  and 
  five 
  rays. 
  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Mclamphaes." 
  

   Deep 
  sea. 
  (^T£q>avo6, 
  crown 
  ; 
  {Hjpv£,, 
  beryx.) 
  

  

  Stephanoberyx 
  monce 
  Gill. 
  Gulf 
  stream, 
  latitude 
  41°. 
  (Gill. 
  1. 
  c. 
  258.) 
  

  

  2 
  Caulolepis 
  Gill. 
  

   (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1883, 
  258 
  ; 
  type 
  Caulolepis 
  longidens 
  Gill. 
  ) 
  

   " 
  Berycids 
  with 
  a 
  laterally 
  oval 
  or 
  broad 
  pyriform 
  contour; 
  a 
  compressed 
  body, 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  small, 
  pedunculated, 
  leaf-like 
  scales 
  ; 
  an 
  abruptly 
  declivous 
  forehead 
  ; 
  small 
  

   eyes 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  very 
  long 
  pointed 
  teeth 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  closing 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  lower; 
  

   a 
  similar 
  pair 
  of 
  still 
  longer 
  teeth 
  in 
  the 
  lower, 
  received 
  in 
  fovese 
  of 
  the 
  palate 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  each 
  jaw 
  two 
  long 
  teeth, 
  terminating 
  in 
  bulbous 
  tips 
  ; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  minute 
  

   teeth 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  maxillaries. 
  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Anoplogaster." 
  Deep 
  

   sea. 
  {KavXoi, 
  stem; 
  A«jrzS, 
  scale.) 
  

  

  Caulolepis 
  longidens 
  Gill. 
  Deep 
  sea; 
  latitude 
  39°. 
  (Gill, 
  1. 
  c. 
  258.) 
  

  

  3 
  Plectromus 
  Gill. 
  

   (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  U.S.Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1883, 
  257; 
  type 
  Plectromus 
  suborbitalis 
  Gill.) 
  

   " 
  Berycids 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  form 
  ; 
  moderate 
  cycloid 
  scales 
  ; 
  an 
  oblong 
  head 
  with 
  a 
  

   much 
  decurved 
  or 
  truncate 
  snout; 
  rather 
  small 
  eyes, 
  and 
  teeth 
  small, 
  acute 
  and 
  in 
  

   two 
  rows 
  in 
  each 
  jaw, 
  of 
  which 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  minor 
  row. 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  are 
  

   largest, 
  and 
  palate 
  toothless." 
  Deep 
  sea. 
  {IIXfjKT 
  poov 
  , 
  spur 
  ; 
  oo/zo?, 
  shoulder) 
  ; 
  "two 
  

   spines, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  nape, 
  springing 
  forward 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  bones, 
  give 
  

   a 
  strange 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  fish.") 
  

   Plectromus 
  suborbitalis 
  Gill. 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  latitude 
  39°. 
  (Gill, 
  1. 
  c, 
  257.) 
  

   Plectromus 
  crassiceps 
  Bean. 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1885, 
  73. 
  Gulf 
  Stream. 
  

  

  