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above, the profile- abruptly decurved ; upper jaw extending far beyond 

 the lower; elieeks very full and protuberant; teeth of both jaws in a 

 single scries except at the symphysis ; a few teeth clustered at the head 

 of the vomer; palatines with a single series; teeth very stout, recurved 

 and sharply pointed ; scales covering the entire body and extending on 

 the bases of the vertical tins ; head and pectoral fins scaleless ; dorsal tin 

 insert ed at less than one-fourth the entire length from the snout. Head 

 7; depth 17. D. 116; A. 100. (Goode A Bean.) Le Have Banks. 

 (Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 44.) 



L. verrilli Goode. & Bean. 



Light grayish brown above; below, pearly white; sides with irregular 

 brown patches bisected by the lateral line; abdominal region livid blue; 

 a spot of brown on the tip of tail. Body very elongate. Head much 

 depressed ; maxillary nearly reaching posterior margin of orbit; upper 

 jaw much the longer; profile very convex, snout obtusely rounded 

 above. Head 5g ; depth about 13. D. 02; A. 88. (Goode & Bean.} 

 Coast of Massachusetts and northward, in deep water. 



(Goode and Beau, Amor. Jouru. Sci. Arts, xiv, 1878, 474.) 



aa. Body moderately elongate, its depth 6-10 times ill the length. 



1UO5. L,. vsailli Reinhardr. 



Brownish yellow, with blackish cross-bands extending oil the dor- 

 sal fin and confluent on the belly ; the first cross-band on and below the 

 anterior dorsal rays, the second above the vent; adults nearly uniform 

 blackish. Head nearly twice as long as high; snout long, the maxil- 

 lary reaching to opposite middle of eye; distance of vent from ventrals 

 nearly etpial to length of head; ventral fins less than one-fourth as long 

 .1- pectorals; vertical fins scaly; body wholly scaly. Head I. 1 ,; depth 

 8. I). 11<; ; A. 03; V.I; vert. 25 + 87. Korfh Atlantic. (f Hint her.) 



l,Vmli:,nll. D.msk. Vi.lensk. Selsk. Afhandl. vii, 15:?, 1838; Giiutbcr, iv, 319; Gill, 

 Proc. A. -ail. Nat. Sci. I'hih. 1 ,-<;:,, :&(.) 



12OG. I.. <>sBnaiki (Mint. 



I'.rownisli black, with a whitish yellow patch on the nape, and 5-8 

 transverse bands of the same color across the dorsal and posteriorly 

 across the anal, these bands becoming broken into annular snots, with 

 a.ue. Uody behind front of dorsal scaled; vertical lins scaly; nape 

 scaly; snout obtuse; maxillary not more than half head; lateral line 

 indistinct, divided; pectorals s in length. 1 lead 4; depth 8. 1). 110; 



