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The anal is lower than the second dorsal; its distance from the snout (112 mm.) 

 is about equal to J of the total length. 



The pectoral is inserted under the anterior rays of the first dorsal, and very 

 slightly in advance of the origin of the ventraL Its length is more than half 

 that of the head.* 



The distance of the ventral from the snout (69 mm.) is contained 5 times in 

 the total. This fin is inserted nearly under the base of the pectoral ; the first 

 ray is somewhat produced ; f its tip reaches to the fourth ray of the anal fin. 



Radial formula : D. li. 9, 125 ; A. 110 ; V. 9 ; P. 14 ; B. 7. 



Color, blaish brown, darkest upon head and abdomen, especially in Museum 

 specimens. 



Lxxx. Off Martinique. 472 fathoms. " Blake." 



34,911. N. Lat. 15° 24' 40", W. Long. 63° 31' 40". "Albatross." 



34.909. " 



34.910. N. Lat. 15" 24' 40", W. Long. 63° 31' 40". 



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34,920. 

 34,918. 

 (2392). 

 Ilxxxii. 1 juv. 

 (2394). 1 " 



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Neobythites robustus, n. sp. 



V 



The type is from "Blake" Station xciv., off Moro Castle, Cuba. 250-400 

 fathoms. Length, 88 mm. 



With specimen (No. 29,057) from " Fish-Hawk " Station 1043, Lat. 38° 39', 

 Long. 73° ir, 130 fathoms, as a collateral type. 



Body rather short and deep, its greatest height (19 mm.) nearly 4| in total 

 lengtli and about equal to length of head. The interorbital area is convex ; 

 its width (6 mm.) is greater than the diameter of the circular eye (5 mm.) 

 and li times the length of snout (4 mm.). The length of the head (19 mm.) 

 is about 4 times the diameter of the eye. The mouth is moderate, the max- 

 illa extending to the vertical through the posterior margin of the eye, the 

 mandible a little beyond, its length (10 mm.) equal to that of postorbital part 

 of head. Teeth in villiform bands in the jaws, and on the palatines. Vo- 

 merine teeth bunched in a circular patch. Gill-rakers moderate, the longest 

 a little more than twice in diameter of eye, four above angle of first arch, 

 eleven below. Pseudobranchise rudimentary. Gill-opening wide, the mem- 

 brane deeply cleft, behind free from the isthmus. A pair of short flat spines 



• In one of the "Albatross" specimens the pectoral extends to the vertical 

 from the eighth ray of the second dorsal. 



t Its length in one of the " Albatross " specimens is equal to that of the head 

 without snout. 



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