Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2735 



pharyngeals toothed. Gill openings narrow, horizontal slits placed below 

 and in front of root of pectorals. Branchiae in \ 2 pairs. Branchial 

 arches armed with dentigerous tubercles. Skin naked. Numerous lumi- 

 nous filaments on head and body. Soft dorsal and anal many-rayed, the 

 rays greatly produced; caudal long, tapering; ventrals none; pectorals 

 very broad, sessile, postmedian, under dorsal fin, with numerous rays. 

 Pyloric appendage reduced to 1 small rudiment. Air bladder absent. 

 c,, stem; fypvvri, toad, from the many stems or fin rays.) 



3118. CAULOPHRYNE JORDAXI, Goode & Bean. 



Depth about 2 in length without caudal, the greatest height occurring 

 behind the head. Cephalic appendage with a pale tuft at its tip, the 

 length of the distal portion 3 in length of body. The tuft somewhat 

 mutilated, but showing no evidence of a laminated structure; basal por- 

 tion of cephalic appendage about twice as long as the very small eye; 

 maxillary very slender, narrow, extending about as far backward as inter- 

 maxillary ; intermaxillary slightly protractile and with about 10 teeth on 

 each side, several of which are nearly twice as large as the rest, its 

 length 2 in body ; mandible as long as head without snout, with 8 teeth 

 on each side, the anterior pair and several other pairs along shaft of bone 

 being greatly enlarged ; a pair of enlarged teeth on head of vomer ; several 

 similar teeth on palatines ; upper pharyngeals armed with several strong 

 teeth ; eye very small, inconspicuous, its distance from tip of snout equal- 

 ing nearly ^ its distance from soft dorsal origin. Intestine shorter than 

 length without caudal. Soft dorsal with 16 rays, all of which, except the 

 last 4, are greatly produced; the second, third, and fourth rays longest, 

 nearly twice as long as body. Anal with 14 rays, all of which, except 

 last 3, are much produced, the fin not quite perfect, yet its anterior rays 

 are longer than body ; caudal with 8 rays, the 4 inner ones divided, the 

 rest simple ; middle rays of caudal as long as distance from tip of lower 

 jaw to base of pectoral: pectoral comparatively short, with 16 simple 

 articulated rays, the longest about | as long as head. About 9 luminous 

 filaments on each side of head, 7 more between nape and dorsal, and about 

 12 on sides; the filaments nearly twice as long as eye. Head and body 

 black; caudal, cephalic tuft, and most of the rays pale. Gulf Stream. 

 The type of the species (No. 39265) was taken by the steamer Albatross, 

 September 19, 1887, in Lat. 39 27' N., Long. 71 15' W., 1,276 fathoms. 

 (Named for David Starr Jordan.) 



Oaulophryne jordani, GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 496, pi. 21, fig. 409, 1896, 

 Gulf Stream, off Carolina, in 1,276 fathoms. (Coll. Albatross-, the plate named 

 Gaulophryne setosus, hy slip in proofreading.) 



Family CCXX1V. OGCOCEPHALID^. 

 (THE BAT-FISHES.) 



Head very broad and depressed, the snout more or less elevated, the 

 trunk short and slender. Mouth not large, subterminal or inferior, the 

 lower jaw included; teeth villiform or cardiform. Gill openings very 



