Micropteridae 
t 3 
ae ia 
Archoplites interruptus (Girard). Yay ./y¥3- 
beside: ay’ edhe 5 Ay 
r, 
Head 22/3; depth 2 3/4; D. XIII, II, 4: A. VII, 10, 
i; scales 44 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on 
latter; 10 scales above to spin out dorsal origin, 8 above 
to soft and dorsal origin, 14 below to anal origin; 25 
predorsal scales to interorbital; snout 4 1/8 in head; eye 
5; maxillary 2 1/6; interorbital 4 1/4, 
Body oblong, compressed; caudal peduncle long as deep 
or about 2 3/4 in total head, Head width 2 3/5 its length. 
Snout convex, length about 3/4 its width. Eye center near 
first third in head, without mandible. Mouth large, lower 
jaw strongly protruding. Maxillary to hind pupil edge; ex- 
pansion 1 1/4 in eye. Teeth fine, in bands in jaws, on vomer, 
palatines and 2 parallel rows on tongue, Front nostril mid- 
way in snout and hind one midway between front one and eye, 
Interorbital broadly convex. Cluster of radiating striae 
end in jagged denticles at upper hind opercle angle; preo# 
percle, lower subopercle and interopercle edges finely ser- 
rate; also preorbital. Rakers 6 21, lanceolate, 1 1/5 in 
eye; filaments 7/8 of rakers, Scales adherent, ctenoid; 
basal radii 10; apical denticles 52 or 53; circuli moderately 
fine; 8 rows of scales on cheek; lateral line concurrent with 
dorsal profile, tubes simple. Sixth dorsal spine 3 in head; 
