DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIK DISTRIBUTION. 361) 



fin is imperfect, but its length probably slightly exceeds that of the ventral. The caudal 

 is rounded. 



Radial formula: 1). 5, :».">; A. 11: V. 10. 



Owing t<> the condition of the specimen it is very difficult to counl the small scales, bul 

 there are about 7 or 8 rows between the origin of the lir-t dorsal and the lateral line, and 

 about 11 or 15 rows between the anal and the lateral line. The number in the lateral line 

 is at least L15 to the origin of the caudal. 



The color of the type at present is a very light brown. The margins of the dorsal and 

 anal, in their posterior portions, are blackish. 



A single individual was taken by the Fish Hawk, August 23, 1881, at station 952, in 

 N. lat. :>!> :,:,' and W. Ion. 70°28', in 396 fathoms. Thespecimen isonlj 2f inchesin length. 

 The catalogue number of the type is 29832. It is >«*o. l-l of the list of fishes published by 

 Prof. Verrill (Amer. -lour. Sci. and Arts, Vol. x\n, 1881, p. 296). 



MORA, Risso. 



Mora, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Me'rid., 1826, in, 221.— Guxtiier, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., rv, 341. — Moreau, 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., France, III, 248 

 dsellw, Valenciennes, Nat. Hist. Des Canariennes, Poiseous, 76. 

 Pharopteryx, Ruppell, Verzeichn. Mus. Senckenb., Fische, 16. 



Gadoids having moderately elongate, Phycis-like body. Dorsals separate, prominent; 

 a short anterior and a Ion- posterior dorsal, and the anal in two parts, widely separated. 

 Yentrals composed of t> rays. Scales moderate, covering body and head. Mouth large, 

 subint'erior; teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines cardiform, equal, those in the upper jaw- 

 in a baud. Gill-openings large. Brauchiostegals 7. 



MORA MKIHTEKEAXEA, Kisso. (Figure 322.) 



Gadus muni, RISSO, Ichth. Nice, 1810, llii. 



Mora mediterranea, Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. Meridionale, in, 224. — Bonaparte, Catalogue, No. :;7tj; Fauna 

 [talica, figure. — Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, 91. — Canes') rini. Arch. Zoiil., it, 359, pis. xt-xii. 

 fig. 1; Pesei d'ltalia, 155. — Giglioli, Elenco, 36.— Gi'NTiiEi:. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.. iv, 1862, 342; Chal- 

 lenger Report, xxii. 83. — Capeixo, Cat. Peixes de Portugal, 1880, 30, Xo. ill. — Moreau, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 France, ni, 248, tiu. 177.— Vaillant, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisiuaii, 1888, 298, pi. x.\v, figs. 6, 6a. 

 Asellus canariensis, Valenciennes, Inc. cit., 7t>, pi. xiv, fig. 3. 



A Mora having the upper jaw longer than the lower, and a slender barbel, whose 

 length is less than that of the diameter of the eye. Caudal forked. First ventral ray pro 

 longed in a slender thread, which reaches behind the tip of the pectoral. Scales small, 95 

 in the lateral line. 



Radial formula : 1>. 7-S+p_'-4.->; A. 17-19+15-22; V. 6. 



Color chestnut brown upon the hack, dark ash color on the belly, a blue spot upon the 

 tip of the operculum. The palate and tongue are dark blue, the hitter with black spots. 

 Dorsal and anal light blue at the base, darker at the tip. Pectorals light blue with black 



spots. 



This species, the Mora of Nice and the Verdone of Borne, was first found in the Med- 

 iterranean, where it has been recorded from Nice, Genoa and Leghorn. Risso said of it in 

 1S10 that it was very common in great depths of the sea oil' Nice, where it is taken in the 

 month of August. Giglioli, fishing at Genoa, July 26, 1*79, at a depth of 800 to 1,000 

 meters, captured ninety-seven. It has not been found in the Adriatic, but Brito Capello 

 records it from oil' the coast of Portugal, and Lowe, also from 300 to -100 fathoms nil Mag- 

 dalen, i, 5 leagues to the west of Funchal, while Webb and Berthelol obtained it at the Ca- 

 naries. The Talisman took it at the same region (station L) at 975 meters, as well as oil 

 Morocco (stations ix, xi, xxxiv, Xlvii, xj.viii) at depths of from 622 to 1,180 meters. The 

 Travailleur obtained it at Setubal (stations xxxiv and xxxv) in 1,307 meters, and in the 

 Gulf of Gascony in 614 meters. The Challenger obtained specimens also, but they wen 

 destroyed on shipboard and the record of locality lost. It has never been found in the 

 Western Atlantic. 



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