152 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



NEMICHTHYS SCOLOPACEUS, Richardson. (Figure 170.) 



Nemiehthys scolopaceus, Richardson, Voyage Samarang, Fishes, 25, PI. x, Figs. 1-3. — GOnther, Cat. Fish. 



Brit. Mus., vin, 210; Challenger Report, xxu, 263.— Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., in, 1880, 485.— 



Goode and Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, 1883, 225. — Jordan and Gilbert, Bui. xvi, U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 366. — Vaiixant, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, Poiss., 93, PI. vn, Figs. 2,2a. — Jordan and 



Davis, Rep. U. S. F. C, 1888 (1891)657. 

 Lejitorhynchus Leuchteniergii, Lowe, Mem. Sav. Etrangeres, St. Petersburg, VII, 1854, 171. 

 Belonopsis Leachtenbergii, Brandt, op. cit. , 174, figure. 



Head comparatively stout, its depth one-seveuth its. greatest length. Eye moderate, 

 less than one-third the length of the head without snout. Length of pectoral fins slightly 

 less than height of the anal, which is less than the height of the body and rather more than 

 the greatest depth of the head. Pale above, belly and anal fin blackish, the color not 

 abruptly chauging, the back somewhat speckled. 



This most remarkable species was first obtained by H. M. S. Samarang in the South 

 Atlantic in 1846, and a little later by the indefatigable Lowe at Madeira. In 1879, when the 

 Fish Commission had its headquarters at Gloucester, a third specimen was obtained by us 

 from a George's Bank fisherman, who had preserved it in a whisky bottle, and who was 

 induced to part with it in barter for a five-dollar bill. 



In 1881, the Fish Hawk while at work in 2~>- fathoms off Newport, brought up a small 

 specimen, clinging by its long jaws to the outside of the trawl net. Since then, the Alba- 

 tross and the Blake have obtained numerous specimens, off the South Atlantic coast in 300 

 to 1,000 fathoms. Vaillant has a magnificent specimen, 650 millimeters long, obtained in 

 1888 meters on the Banc d'Arguin. The Challenger did not obtain a single specimen. 



The following is a list of localities whence this species has been obtained by the Alba- 

 tross : 



No. 35632, U. S. N. M., from station 2235, in 39° 12' N. lat., 72° 03' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 707 fathoms; No. 32674, U. S. N. M., from station 2002, in 37° 20' 42" N. lat., 74° 17' 36' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of (ill fathoms; No. 35401, U. S. N. M., from station 2181, in 39° 29' N. lat,, 

 71° 46' W. Ion., at a depth of 693 fathoms; No. 35617, U. S. N. M., from station 2203, in 39° 

 34' 15" N. lat,, 71? 41' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 705 fathoms; No. 32649, U. S. N. M. (4 

 specimens), from station 2001, in :;7 10' 30" N. lat,, 74° W. Ion., at a depth of 519 

 fathoms; No. 35402, U.S. N. M., from station 2182, in 39° 25' 30" N. lat., 71° 44' W. Ion., at 

 a depth of 861 fathoms; No. 35459, U. S. N. M., from station 2187, in 39° 49' 30" N. lat., 71° 

 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 420 fathoms; No. 33290, U. S. N. M., from station 2039, in 38° 19' 

 26" N. lat,, 68o 20' 20" W. Ion., at a depth of 2,369 fathoms; and from stations 2023, in 37° 48' 

 N. lat., 740 01' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 377 fathoms; 2561, in 39° 38' N. lat., 71° 42' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 500 fathoms; 2530, in 40° 53' 30" N. lat., 66° 24' W. Ion., at a depth of 956 

 fathoms; 2533, in 40° 16' 30" X. Int., 67° 26' 15" YV. Ion., at a depth of 828 fathoms; and 

 2528, in 41° 47' N. lat., 65° 37' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 677 fathoms. 



Specimens were taken by the steamer Fish Ha irk, as follows : No. 29066, U. S. N. M., from 

 station 1048, in 38° 29' N. lat., 73° 21' W. Ion., at a depth of 435 fathoms; No. 29073, U. S. 

 N. M., from station 1049, in 38° 28' N. lat., 73° 22' W. Ion., at a depth of 435 fathoms; No. 

 26100, U. S. N. M., from station 880, in 39° 48' 30" N. lat., 70° 54' W. Ion., at a depth of 225 

 fathoms; No. 28767 (2 specimens), U. S. N. M., from station 938, in 39° 51' N. lat., 69° 49' 

 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 317 fathoms; No. 28854, U. S. N. M., from station 952, in 39° 55' 

 N. lat., 70° 28' W. Ion., at a depth of 396 fathoms; No. 28905, U. S. N. M., from station 1025, 

 in 39° 49' N. lat., 71° 25' VV. Ion., at a depth of 216 fathoms; No. 28761, U. S. N. M., from 

 station 937, in 39° 49' 25" N. lat., 69° 49' W. Ion., at a depth of 616 fathoms; and No.28S97, 

 from station 997, in 39° 42' N. lat,, 71° 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms. 



Specimens were also taken by the Blake, from station cccin, in 41° 34' 30" N. lat., 

 65° 54' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 306 fathoms; station cccix, in 40° 11' 40" N. lat., 68° 

 22' W. Ion., at a depth of 304 fathoms ; station ccevi, in 41° 32' 30" N. lat., 65° 55' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 524 fathoms; station cccxxx, in 31° 41' N. lat., 74° 35' W. Ion., at a depth 



