204 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



olate, in single rows, with larger ones in front: a series of small teeth on the palatines. 

 Fins as in Lepidopus. (GHinther.) 



EVOXYMETOPON TJENIATUS, Poey. (Figure 214.) 



Evoxymetopon iwniatus, (Poey,) Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 228; Aim. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., II, 

 1873, 77, PL v. 



The greatest height equals about a twelfth of the extreme length, while the head forms 

 about an eighth of the same. The head is oblong, trenchant above, elevated above the 

 eyes for a space considerably greater than the diameter of the eye, and decurved very 

 obliquely downwards to the snout. The diameter of the orbit enters about G times in the 

 head's length. The first ten dorsal spines are undivided; the rest split. 



Radial formula: B. 7; 1). 87; A. 19; 0. 17; P. 12. 



The color is silvery, with about six narrow reddish bands most distinct behind, the 

 first on the ridge of the back and the fifth along the lateral line. {Poey.) 



The following table indicates the relative proportions of the Evoxymetopon tceniatus. 



Measurements. 



Millimeters. 



Extreme length 100 



Body : 



Greatest height 8 



Height at aims 6j 



Height of tail between anus and caudal fin 5 



Least height of tail \ 



Head : 



Greatest length 12 



Distance from snout tuna]"' 7 



Length of snout \\ 



Length of operculum 4+ 



Length of lower jaw 5 



Orbit: 



Diameter 2 



Distance from profile 2} 



Dorsal : 



Height at first spine 3 



Height at second spine 3J 



Height at ray above anus If 



Height at ray between anus and caudal li 



( 'audal : 



Length of external rays 3J 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout at upper axilla 14 



Length ." 6£ 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 17^ 



Length 2f 



A specimen obtained by Poey at Havana was presented by him to the National Museum 

 (No. 5735), and a figure of it is here given. 



Evoxymetopon Poeyi, Giinther, from the Mauritius is a very closely related form. 



BENTHODESMUS, Goode and Bean. 



Benthodesmus, Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., tv, 1881, 380, PL n. (type, Lepidopus elongates, 

 Clarke.) — Jordan and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 910. 



Body naked, much compressed, attenuate, tapering gradually from vent to base of 

 caudal. Caudal peduncle very slender, supporting a small but well developed caudal fin. 

 Vent considerably nearer to head than to tail. Lateral line simple, in a deep, wide furrow, 

 nearly straight, in front of the vent gradually ascending to the scapular region. 



Head compressed, its upper profile nearly horizontal; snout gibbous near its end, as in 



