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eciual to one fourth standard length of body. The base of the first dorsal is 

 half as long as the middle caudal rays ; that of the second, slightly more than 

 three times the length of the head. The first dorsal is composed of five rays, 

 the first of which is elongate, three times as long as the middle caudal rays : it 

 extends to the base of the twenty-fourth ray of the second dorsal. Anal fin 

 inserted at a distance from the tip of the snout ei|ual to twice the length of the 

 liead, its distance from the insertion of the ventraLs being ef[ual to the length 

 of the head. The length of the ventrals is equal to that of the pectorals, their 

 tips not extending to the vent. 



Scales small, very thin, deciduous, crowded anteriorly. Lateral line not well 

 defined on the posterior part of the body. 



Radial fornmla : B. VII ; D. 5-63 ; A. 59 ; P. 19 ; V. 2. 



Scales 13-140-31. 



Color similar to that of the various species of Phycis ; the dorsal and anal 

 fins have narrow Ijlack margins. 



The length of the first dorsal ray is very variable in individuals, being 

 shorter in younger specimens. 



This species difi^ers from L. Yarrellii by its much smaller scales, and from 

 L. robustum by the greater number of rays in the dorsal and anal fins, and its 

 much shorter ventrals. 



Specimens of this species were obtained at the following stations of the 



Fathoms. Specimens. 



233 1 and part of 1 

 225 2 



229 3 



A single specimen was also obtained by the Fish Commission steamer " Fish 

 Hawk" in Lat. 38° 35' N., Long. 73° 13' W., at a depth of 312 fathoms, Oct. 

 10, 1881 (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 29,040). 



MEASUREMENTS. 



Millimeters. 



Extreme length . . . 178 



Length to base of middle caudal rays .... 160 



Body. Greatest height 36 



Greatest width ....... 18 



Height at ventrals . 32 



Least height of tail 4 



Head. Greatest length 33 



Greatest width 20 



Width of interorbital area ...... 7 



Length of snout ....... 7 



Length of upper jaw , 15 



Length of mandible . . . , „ , 17 



