414 Series Plectognathi 
lepis hispidus and Ceratacanthus schepfi are common species. 
In the West Indies are numerous others, Osbeckia levis and 
Alutera gintheriana, largest in size, among the commonest. Both 
of these are large fishes without ventral spine. Monacanthus 
chinensis, with a great, drooping dewlap of skin behind the 
Fie. 347.—The Needle-bearing File-fish, 4 manses scopas of Samoa. 
ventral spine, is found on the coast of China. Of the numerous 
Japanese species, the most abundant and largest is Pseudomon- 
