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3J^ ; maxillary 2j4 ; eye 4j^ in interorbital space. Body robust 

 forward, moderately elongate, and greatest depth at occiput, 

 anteriorly .subcylindrical and posteriorly somewhat compressed. 

 Head large and broad. Eye small, circular. Maxillary oblique, 

 its greatest expansion 3 in orbit. Lips with many transverse fila- 

 ment-like plications. Teeth conical, small and movable, in many 

 bands in upper jaw, in lower teeth larger and in fewer bands. 

 Teeth on vomer and palatines. Naked space between forks of Y 

 on top of head long and narrow, but shorter than vertical limb 

 of Y. Naked area behind eye broad. Anterior internasal space 

 a little greater than posterior. Nostrils with short cutaneous 

 flaps marginally, and posterior pair each with an outwardly 

 curved canal with entire margins furnished similarly. Two 

 spinous tubercles directed forward from front of orbit. Bones 

 of head rugosely striate, greater portion of opercle superiorly 

 especially so. Gill-rakers obsolete asperities. Scales very small, 

 somewhat imbedded, disappearing on under surface of body, or 

 from below a line drawn from fifth anal ray to upper end of 

 base of pectoral. Lateral line not evident. Second dorsal spine 

 longest, and inserted a little behind origin of pectoral. Median 

 portion of rayed dorsal highest. Anal begins opposite origin of 

 rayed dorsal, lower and longer, and tips of radii a little free. 

 Caudal rounded. Pectoral with upper rays longer and reaching 

 a little beyond anal. Ventral ij^ to anal. Color deep brown 

 above, whitish below. Upper parts dotted with white, margined 

 with . blackish around each one, and these all becoming larger 

 below rayed dorsal. Spinous dorsal black, whitish posteriorly. 

 Rayed dorsal whitish with oblique dusky or blackish bands. Anal 

 whitish with a longitudinal blackish median band. Caudal whit- 

 ish with a broad median and submarginal band above and below 

 of blackish. Pectorals dusky. Ventrals white with dusky tints. 

 Length 14 inches. Atlantic City. 



I have but a single example, described above, and received from 

 Prof. Henry C. Chapman. This fish occurs in sandy bays of 

 shallow water and varies much with age. It reaches a length of 

 15 inches and the naked area on top of the head has been stated 

 to be the seat of electric power. 



Upsiloiiphoriis anoplos Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817. 



