384 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



RHINONEMUS CTMBKIUS, (Linn.eus), Goodb and Bean. (Figure 328.) 



Gadus cmbrius, Linn/icts. Syst. Nat., ed. xn, 1700, 440. — Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Toiss., n, 1801, 442. 



Motella cimbria, Bell, Canadian Naturalist aud Geologist, IV, 1859, 209. — GCnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 



1862, 367.— Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 241. 

 Onos (Rhinonemns) cimbrius, Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 349 (with full synonymy); Cat. 



Fish. Essex Co. and Mass. Bay, 1879, 8. 

 Enchelyopus cimbrius. Jordan, ms., in Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., in, 476. 

 Enchelyopus cimbncus, Schneider, Bloch's Systema Ichthyologist, 1801, 50, pi. ix. 

 Motella cimbrica, NlLSSON, l'rodr. lehth. Scand.,48; Skand. Fauna, iv, 1855, 587. — Yakrell, Hist. Brit. Fishes, 



2d ed., 1841, n, 274. 

 Motella caudacuta, Storeb, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., ill, 1848, 5; Mem. Amer. Acad. Sci., L867, 111; Hist. 



Fishes Mass., 1867, 183. 

 Rhinonemus caudacuta, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 241; Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. Am., 1873, 18. — 



Goode aud Bean', Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xiv, Dec, 1877, 476. 



Head oblong, compressed; the snout high, its anterior profile blunt; mouth large, 

 inferior; a barbel at chin, one at end of .snout, and one on each anterior nostril; maxillary 

 reaching much beyond eye. Teeth in narrow bands, some of them considerably enlarged. 

 Lateral line stitch like, developed at intervals. First (free) ray of dorsal as long as head; 

 veutrals about half length of head; caudal somewhat acute. 



Eadial formula: D. 50; A. 43; V. 5. 



Color brownish; posterior part of dorsal and anal and lower margin of caudal abruptly 

 black ; inside of mouth black. 



This species is a resident of the deep waters of Massachusetts Bay, and has frequently 

 been found outside the 100 fathom curve at the bottom. Its young swim at the surface in 

 the latter part of summer aud fall, and have hitherto beeu identified with the little 

 Mackerel Midge, Ciliata argentata. We have examined numerous specimens which pur- 

 ported to be Ciliata, and have found them in every case to be the young of this species. 

 English ichthyologists, indeed, record Ciliata as the larval form of Motella, and if this be 

 uot the case we doubt if the genus Ciliata has ever been observed in the Western Atlantic. 



A single specimen of Rhinonemus, apparently R. cimbrius, was taken by the Blake at 

 station ((('xxvii, in 34° 00' 30" N. lat., 70° 10' 30" W. lon.,at a depth of 178 fathoms. The 

 specimen was in poor condition. 



The Albatross obtained examples from the following localities: Cat. Nn. 35080, TJ. S.N. 

 M., from station 2240, in -MP 27' 30" X. lat., 70° 20' W. Ion., at a depth of 44 fathoms; Cat. 

 No. 35681, U. S. X. M., from station 2241, in 40° 21' N. lat., 70° 29' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 

 50 fathoms; Cat. No. 35682, IT. S. N. M., from station 2230, in 40° 38' N. lat,, 70° 29' 45" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 32 fathoms; from station 2426, in 36° 01' 30" N. lat., 74° 47' 30" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 93 fathoms; from station 2513, in 43° 34' N. lat., 63° 56' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 134 fathoms; from station 2505, in 44° 23' 30" N. lat., 60° 44' 15" W. lou., at a depth of 

 93 fathoms; from station 2545, in 40° 01' N. lat., 70° 23' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 142 

 fathoms; from station 2559, in 39° 48' N. lat,, 71° 48' 30" W.lon., at a depth of 120 fathoms; 

 from station 2506, in 44° 26' N. hit,, 62° 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 127 fathoms; and from 

 station 2299, in 35° 40' N. lat., 74° 51' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 290 fathoms. 



The Fish Hawk obtained specimens, Cat. No. 2S862, TJ. S. N. M., from station 953, in 39° 

 52' 30" N. lat., 70° 17' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 724 fathoms; Cat, No. 28917, TJ. S. N. M., 

 from station 998, in 39° 43' X. lat., 71° 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 302 fathoms ; Cat. No. 28843, 

 TJ. S. X T . M., from station 951, iu 39° 57' N. lat., 70° 31' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms; 

 Cat. No. 28890, TJ. S. N. M., from station 993, in 40° 28' N. lat,, 70° 44' W. Ion., at a depth of 39 

 fathoms; Cat, No. 26107, U. S. X. M., from station 877, iu 39° 56' N. lat,, 70° 54' IS" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 126 fathoms; Cat. Xo. 31878, TJ. S. X. M., from station 1153, in 39° 34' N. lat., 

 70° 37' W. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms; Cat. No. 2S815, TJ. S. N. M., from station 940, in 

 39° 55' 30" N. hit,, 71° 14' W. lou.. at a depth of 247 fathoms; Cat, No. 33351. TJ. S. N. M., 

 from station 1161, in 40° 28' X. lat., 70° 37' W. Ion., at a depth of 45 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 33353, U. S. X. M., from station 1162, in 40° 32' X. lat., 70° 39' W. Ion., at a depth of 45 

 fathoms; Cat, No. 33362, TJ. S. N. M., from station 1160, in 40° 24' X T . lat., 70° 35' W. Ion., 



