116 



Bay of Bengal, 240 and 410 fathoms : Andaman Sea, 265 and 370 to 419 

 fathoms : Arabian Sea, off Travancore and Malabar coast, 360 and 406 fathoms. 



Regd.Nos. 11776,13130, 13175, ?-f, 3 ± 9 - 3 |i, » 



94. Macrurus (Macrurus) lophotes, Alcock. 



Macrurus lophotes, Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 1889, p. 385; Jonrn. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. LX1II. 

 pt. 2, 1894, p. 126. Illustrations of the Zoology of the Investigator, Fishes, pl. III. fig. 2. 



B. 6. D. r + 11-12. V. 8-9. 



Differs from M. investigatoris only in the following particulars : — 



The greatest height of the body is equal to the length of the head without 

 the snout. 



The snout is nearly half again as long as the eye. 



The barbel is not a quarter the length of the eye. 



Outer row of teeth in the upper jaw slightly enlarged. 



Scales small, with 5 or 6 very short series of spinelets, the last in each series 

 projecting beyond the edge of the scale. 



Five or six rows of scales between the last ray of the first dorsal fin and the 

 lateral line. 



2nd dorsal spine nearly twice as long as the head. 



Vent situated behind the mass of the ventral fins. 



The number of pyloric ca?ca is unknown, the specimens being far too much 

 damaged for dissection. 



Length of the immature specimens, five inches. 



Bay of Bengal " Swatch of No-ground " 405 to 285 fathoms. 



Regd. Nos. 11670, 11071. 



95. Macrurus {Macrurus) Hoskynii, Alcock. 



Macrurus Hoskynii, Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sept. 1890, p. 214: Jonrn. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. LXIII. 

 pt. 2, 1894, p. 126. Illustrations of the Zoology of the Investigator, Pishes, pl. IX. fig. 4. 



B. 6. D. r+10. P. 19-20. V. 9. 



Differs from M. investigatoris only in the following particulars : — 



Snout slightly but distinctly longer than the eye. 



Major diameter of the eye 4- in the length of the head : interorbital space 

 one-fourth again as broad as the major diameter of the eye. 



Outer row of teeth in the upper jaw slightly enlarged. 



Barbel not a fourth as long as the eye. 



