460 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



depth of 324 fathoms, as a collateral type. The Blake also obtained 13 specimens from 

 station xxvn, off St. Vincent, at a depth of 94 fathoms, and the Fish Hawk captured a 

 single specimen from station 1154, in 39° 55' 31" N. hit., 70° 39' W. Ion., at a depth of 193 

 fathoms. 



APHORISTIA PIGRA, Goode and Bean. (Figure377.) 



Aphoriatia pigra, Goode and Bean, Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, xn, 154. 



It is distinguished by its abbreviated form, and its large, rough, strongly pectinate scales. 

 The extreme length of the type is 98 millimeters. 



The body is shorter than in the congeneric Atlantic species; its greatest height is con- 

 tained 3t times in its total length, or three times in total without snout. 



The scales are large, very rough, with strong horizontal stria' and strongly denticulated 

 margins, and rather loosely fixed to the skin; about 65 in a horizontal series, 34 in a trans 

 verse series. The jaws and snout are covered with small scales. The length of the head 

 is contained 4.^ in total length. The length of the snout is contained 44 times in that of 

 the head. The eyes are moderate in size, very close together, with no scales between; the 

 upper is very slightly in advance, and is distant from the dorsal outline a space equal to 

 its own short diameter. The greatest diameter of the eye is contained six times in the 

 length <>f the head. The mouth is oblique, curved, its posterior angle directly beneath the 

 middle of the lower eye. Length of gape in that of head four times. The teeth are feeble, 

 closely placed, a little stronger on the colored side. 



The nostril tubular, a little nearer to the lower eye than to the tip of the snout. 



The dorsal tin begins at a point over the middle of the upper eye. and contains about 90 

 rays to the middle of the base of the caudal. The rays about the middle of the tin are the 

 longest, their height being a little more than 4, that of the body. The distance of the anal 

 tin from the snout is contained 3f times in total length. The longest anal rays are about 

 the middle of the body; their length is equal to that of the longest in the dorsal. The 

 anal is connate with the caudal, and consists of 09-75 rays. 



The length of the median caudal rays is contained nearly seven times in the total 

 length. The distance of the ventral from the snout is contained 4| times in the total length. 

 It is separated from the anal by a. distance equal to the long diameter of the eye. The num- 

 ber of ventral rays is four; tin- longest ray is 3J times as long as head. 



Color grayish or brownish, with a submetallic lustre upon the scales when examined 

 separately. Thedenticnlations of the scales are dark anil prominent, giving a clouded 

 general aspect. .Some of the smaller specimens (from station 2318) have a few large irreg- 

 ular brownish blotches above and a dark subcircular blotch near the root of the tail, its 

 diameter twice that of the eye. Colorless below. 



Radial formula: D. 90; A. 09-75; V. 4; P. none. L. lat, 05. 



The species is described from a specimen obtained by the Blake from station xxiii, off 

 St. Kitt's, West Indies, at a depth of 250 far horns; with specimens obtained by the Albatross 

 from station 2318, in 24° 25' 45" N. lat., 81° 40' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 45 fathoms, and 

 from station 2405, in 28° 45' N. lat., 85° 02' W. Ion., at a depth of 30 fathoms as collateral 

 types. The Albatross also seemed examples from station 2425, in 30° 20' 24" N. lat., 74° 

 40' 3" W. Ion., at a depth of 119 fathoms; and from station 2374, in 29° 11' 30" N. lat,, 

 85° 29' W. Ion., at a depth of 20 fathoms. 



APHORISTIA DIOMEDEANA, Goode and Bean. (Figure 378.) 



Aphoriatia diomedeana, Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., vm, 1885,589. 



Scales moderate, somewhat loosely fixed, pectinated; about 85 in a longitudinal, 35 in 

 a transverse, series. Jaws and snout covered with small thin scales. 



Length of head contained 5f times in the standard length. Length of snout 5 times in 

 that of head. Eyes moderate, equal, very close together, without intervening scales; the 

 upper eye is directly above the lower one, and is distant from the dorsal outline an interval 

 equal to its own least diameter; diameter of eye in length of head 6 times. 



