﻿[129] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  PISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  917 
  

  

  522.— 
  LOTA 
  Cuvier. 
  (441) 
  

  

  1542. 
  Lota 
  lota 
  maculosa 
  Le 
  Sueur. 
  Vv. 
  En. 
  (1236) 
  

  

  523.— 
  PHYCIS 
  Blocli 
  & 
  Schueider. 
  (437) 
  

  

  1543. 
  Phycis 
  regius 
  Walbaum. 
  N. 
  S. 
  (1229) 
  

  

  1544. 
  Phycis 
  floridanus 
  1 
  Beau 
  & 
  Diesel. 
  S. 
  

  

  1545. 
  Phycis 
  earlli 
  Bean. 
  S. 
  (1230) 
  

  

  1546. 
  Phycis 
  chuss 
  Walbaum. 
  N. 
  (1231) 
  

  

  1547. 
  Phycis 
  tenuis 
  Mitchill. 
  N- 
  (1232) 
  

  

  1548. 
  Phycis 
  chesteri 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  (1233) 
  

  

  524.— 
  LiBMONEMA 
  2 
  Gunther. 
  

  

  1549. 
  Laemonema 
  barbatula 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  525.— 
  ANTIMORA 
  3 
  Guntber. 
  (438) 
  

  

  1550. 
  Antimora 
  viola 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  (1233 
  6.) 
  

  

  1 
  Phycis 
  floridanus 
  Bean 
  & 
  Dresel. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  appearance 
  it 
  resembles 
  P. 
  regius, 
  differing 
  from 
  this 
  in 
  its 
  smaller 
  

   scales 
  and 
  more 
  numerous 
  dorsal 
  rays. 
  Tbe 
  greatest 
  heigbt 
  is 
  one-fifth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   length 
  to 
  caudal 
  base, 
  and 
  equals 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  Head 
  4 
  times 
  iu 
  

   length 
  to 
  caudal 
  base 
  ; 
  eye 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  snout, 
  5 
  times 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  max- 
  

   illa 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  mandible, 
  one-half 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  First 
  dorsal 
  not 
  produced 
  ; 
  

   ventral 
  about 
  five-fourths 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  : 
  pectoral 
  equal 
  to 
  head 
  in 
  length.' 
  Dorsal 
  

   13, 
  57 
  ; 
  Anal, 
  49. 
  Scales 
  between 
  first 
  dorsal 
  and 
  lateral 
  line 
  in 
  nine 
  or 
  ten 
  rows 
  ; 
  

   about 
  120 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  ; 
  L. 
  7£ 
  inches. 
  Pensacola. 
  {Bean 
  4' 
  Dresel.) 
  

  

  (Bean 
  & 
  Dresel, 
  Proc. 
  Biol. 
  Soc. 
  Wash., 
  1884, 
  100.) 
  

  

  2 
  Laemonema 
  Giinther. 
  

  

  (Gunther, 
  IV, 
  356, 
  1862; 
  type 
  Phycis 
  yarrelli 
  Lowe.) 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  scarcely 
  distinct 
  from 
  Phycis, 
  differing 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  dorsal, 
  which 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  five 
  rays 
  only, 
  the 
  anterior 
  ray 
  being 
  filamentous. 
  

   Deep 
  water. 
  (Aai/uoS, 
  throat; 
  vfj^ia, 
  thread.) 
  

  

  Laemonema 
  barbatula 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Color 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Phycis; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  aual 
  with 
  narrow 
  black 
  margins. 
  Eye 
  3 
  in 
  

   head 
  ; 
  upper 
  jaw 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  2 
  ; 
  barbel 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  eye 
  ; 
  vent 
  under 
  6th 
  ray 
  

   of 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  first 
  ray 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal 
  elongate, 
  about 
  3 
  times 
  length 
  of 
  caudal, 
  

   about 
  reaching 
  24th 
  ray 
  of 
  second 
  dorsal. 
  Distance 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  front 
  of 
  anal 
  

   twice 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  ventrals 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  pectorals, 
  not 
  reaching 
  vent 
  ; 
  scales 
  small, 
  

   very 
  thin, 
  deciduous. 
  D. 
  5-63. 
  A. 
  59. 
  P. 
  19. 
  V. 
  2. 
  Scales 
  13-140, 
  31. 
  L. 
  7 
  inches. 
  

   Gulf 
  Stream, 
  latitude 
  32°, 
  in 
  deep 
  water. 
  (Goode 
  4' 
  Bean.) 
  

  

  (Lmmonema 
  barbatula 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mns. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  XIX, 
  204.) 
  

  

  3 
  Haloporphyrus 
  viola 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  subgenus 
  Antimora 
  (Gunther, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist., 
  1878, 
  2; 
  type 
  Haloporphyrus 
  rostratus 
  Gunther). 
  This 
  group 
  differs 
  from 
  Halo- 
  

   porphyrus 
  " 
  iu 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  snout, 
  the 
  backward 
  positiou 
  of 
  the 
  vent, 
  the 
  imperfect 
  

   division 
  of 
  the 
  anal, 
  in 
  which 
  latter 
  respect 
  it 
  approaches 
  Mora." 
  In 
  Haloporphyrus 
  

   the 
  snout 
  is 
  subcorneal, 
  obtusely 
  rounded; 
  in 
  Antimora 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  flat, 
  triangular 
  

   lamina, 
  sharply 
  keeled 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  resembling 
  the 
  snout 
  of 
  Macrurus. 
  The 
  diagnosis 
  

   of 
  Haloporphyrus 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis 
  (p. 
  800) 
  applies 
  to 
  Antimora 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  Halo- 
  

   porphyrus. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  very 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  Haloporphyrus 
  rostratus 
  Gunther, 
  1. 
  c. 
  (from 
  the 
  mid- 
  

   Atlantic 
  east 
  of 
  Rio 
  de 
  la 
  Plata), 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  by 
  which 
  our 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  

   distinguished 
  from 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  will 
  prove 
  identical. 
  A. 
  rostrata 
  

   has 
  five 
  months' 
  priority 
  in 
  date 
  over 
  A. 
  viola. 
  

  

  