DISCDSSIOM OP SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 413' 



Radial formula: 1). n, It, 11".; A. 118; P. 20; V. 9; B. vi. 



The type specimen, 458 millimeters in length, was taken by the Blake from station 

 CCCVHi, in II 25' 45" X Int., 65° 35' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 1,242 fathoms. The Blake 

 also secured specimens, apparently belonging to this species, from station cccxvii,- in 



31°57'N. hit., 78° 18' 35" W. Ion., at a depth of 333 fathoms; 1 from station occxxv, in 



33 35 20 X. Lit., 7<i YV. Ion., at a depthof647 fathoms. 



The Albatross obtained examples from station 2095, in 39 29' N-lat.,70 58 10' w. Ion.. 

 at a depth of L,342 fathoms; from station 2105, in 37 50' X. lat.,73 03' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 1,395 fathoms; and Cat. No. 33280, U. S. N. M., from station 2037, in 38° 53' N. lat., 

 69 23'30" \Y. Ion., at a depth of 1,731 fathoms. 



rii \i.i\r i;.\ BREVIBARBIS, Goode and Bean, n. b. 



The length of the specimen described is .'!45 millimeters. It is almost entirely denuded 

 of scales; those that remain have about six longitudinal ridges composed of small spines as 

 in the species of Macrurus. The first gill opening also is restricted as in Macrurus. The 

 teeth of the upper jaw are in a villiform band with the outer series enlarged. Mandibulary 

 teeth uniserial. 



The greatest height of the body (54 millimeters) equals the length of the head without 

 the snout. The length of the intermaxilla is one-third the length of the head. The maxilla 

 extends to below the hind margin of the orbit. The length of the mandible is nearly one 

 half that of the head, whieh is 68 millimeters long, being about one-fifth of the the total 

 length. The barbel (S millimeters) is two-thirds as long as the eye and one-half as long as 

 the snout. The length of the eye (11 millimeters) is one-sixth the length of the head, and 

 one-half the width of the interorbital space. 



The second spine of the dorsal (42 millimeters) equals the length of the postorbital 

 part of the head. The ventral when extended reaches to the sixth ray of the anal. The 

 distance from the ventral to the vent equals one-half the length of the head. The length of 

 the pectoral equals the postorbital part of the head. 



D. II, 8; the first 31 rays of the second dorsal occupy a space equal to the length of the 

 head. Anal: the first 25 rays occupy a spaceequal to the length of the head. The longest 

 anal rays are nearly half as long as the pectoral. 



The interspace between the first and second dorsals is one-half of the interorbital part 

 of the head. Ventral 9. Scales S— 140. 



The type of the species, Cat. No. 33453, TJ. S. N. M., was taken by the Albatross on 

 September 4. 1883, at station 2077, in 41° 09' 40" N. lat., 66 02' 20" YV. Ion., at a depth of 

 1.255 fathoms. Examples were also obtained by the Albatross from station 2530, in 40° 

 53' 40" X. lat., (UP 24' W. Ion., at a depth of 950 fathoms; Cat. No. 33269, I'. S. X. M., from 

 station 20.57. in 38^ 53' X. lat.. 09^ 23' 30" YV. Ion., at a depth 1,731 fathoms; Cat. No. 35560, 

 U. S. N. M., from station 2210. in 39° 37' 45" N. lat., 71° 18' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of '.till 



fat! s: Cat. Xo. 33396, U. S. N. M., from station 2077, in 41° 09' 40" X. hit., 60° 02 20" 



NY. Ion., at a depth of 1,255 fathoms; Cat. Xd. 33272, I'. S. N. M., from station 2035. in 39° 

 20' 10" X. lat., 70 20' 37" AY. Ion., at a depth of 1,362 fathoms. 



CHALINURA OCCIDENTALS, Goode and Bean. 



Malacocephaliia oecidenlalis, Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., \ in, 1SS5, 597. — GOntheR, Challenger 

 Report, wii, 1887, 134, note. 



A species which in general appearance and proportions resembles Malacocephalus 

 larois, Giinther. Anal fin commencing at a distance behind the vent equal to the length 



of the snout, its distance from the origin of the ventrals being less than the distance from 

 the origin of the anal, which is distinctly behind the vertical through the posterior end of 

 the first dorsal. The ventrals originate under the middle of the first dorsal, ami the pec 

 torals under its origin. The ventral extends to, or slightly beyond, the anal origin. The 

 pectoral is as long as the head without its postorbital part. The diameter of the eye is 



