Bathythrissa (bathithrisa)

[NL., Gr. βαθύς, deep, + θρίσσα, Attic θρίττα, a certain fish, otherwise called τριχίας, dorsal is ) deep-water fishes with some resemblance to a herring or whitefish, found off the coast of Japan. Bathythri idæ (bath-i-thris'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., thri a. They have an oblong body and rounded abdomen, covered with cycloid scales; the margin of the upper jaw formed by the in term axillaries mesially and by the maxillaries laterally; complete opercular apparatus; very elongate dorsal fin; a short anal fin; the stomach with a blind sac; numerous pyloric appendages; and ductle ovaries.