156 TELEOSTEI: ACANTHOPTERI. — XX. 



form together a group or suborder called by Professor Cope the 



SCYPHOHKANCHII. 



Family LXXXI. URANOSCOPID^E. (The Star- 



Gazeks.) 



Body elongate, tapering behind; scales usually small, cycloid; 

 lateral line mostly obsolete. Head cuboid, usually mailed above 

 and on cheeks. Eyes small, on front of top of head. Mouth verti- 

 cal, tin- lower jaw prominent, the lips mostly fringed; teeth small ; 

 premaxillaries protractile; maxillary broad, simple, not concealed 

 by preorbital. Gill openings very wide, the membranes free ; gills 

 31, a small slit behind the last. Pseudobranchia? present. Spinous 

 I>. very short, the fin long; A. long; P. with broad oblique base; 

 Y. jugular, 1, 5. No air-bladder. Carnivorous fishes of the shores 

 in warm regions. Genera about 7 ; species 20. (olpavos, sky ; 

 <jKoiria>, to look.) 



a. Dorsal fins two ; head without spines. 



b. Head above entirely covered by a rugose coat of mail; a small barbel 



in mouth, before tongue Astroscopus, 201. 



bb. Head above with a Y-shaped bony projection extending forward from 

 occipital region; on each side of this shield a trapezoidal naked area; 

 mouth without tentacle TJpsiloxphorus, 202. 



201. ASTROSCOPUS Brevoort. (aarpov, star ; <TKoirta>, to 



look.) 



432. A. anoplos (Cuv. & Yal.). Jet black above and on lower 

 jaw and 1st D.; belly and fins pale; scales minute. Head 2-|; depth 

 Z\. D. IV- 14. A. 13. L. 2J. X. Y. to Key West. (av6n\os, 

 unarmed.) 



202. TJPSILONPHORUS Gill. (tyiXdi/, Y; <pop«f<o, to bear, 

 from the bones on top of head.) 



433. U. y-greecum (Cuv. & Val.) Brownish, everywhere finely 

 spotted with white ; a dark horizontal band on tail; C. with length- 

 wise stripes. Head 2£ ; depth 31 D. IV -13. A. 12. Lat. 1. 

 113. L. 10. K J., S. 



Family LXXXII. GOBIID^E- (The Gobies.) 



Body oblong or elongate, variously naked or scaly ; no lateral 

 line; mouth and teeth various; premaxillary protractile; suborbital 

 without bony stay ; skin of head covering eyes ; opercles mostly un- 

 armed ; pseudobranchise present ; gills 4 ; frill membranes united 

 with the isthmus; spinous dorsal little developed, of 2 to 8 flexible 

 spines ; anal without spine ; V. I, 5, close together or usually fully 

 uuited into a sort of sucking disk ; C. convex ; anal papilla evident. 



