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fin is imperfet't, but its length probably slightly exceeds that of the ventral. The caudal 

 is rounded. 



Kadial formula: D. 5, 55; A. ii; V. 10. 



Owing to the condition of the specimen it is very difficult to count the small scales, but 

 there are about 7 or 8 rows between the origin of tlie first dorsal and the lateral line, and 

 about li or 15 rows between the anal and the lateral line. The number in the lateral line 

 is at least 115 to the origin of the caudal. 



The color of the type at present is a very light brown. The margins of the dorsal and 

 anal, in their posterior portions, are blackish. 



A single individual was taken by the Fish HatcJc, August 23, 1881, at station 952, in 

 N. lat. 39° 55' and W. Ion. 7()o 28', in 390 fathoms. The specimen is only 2? inches in length. 

 The catalogue number of the type is 29832. It is No. 14 of tlie list of lishes iniblished by 

 Prof. VerriU (Amer, Jour. Sci. and Arts, Vol. xxii, 1881, p. 290). 



MORA, Risso. 



Mora, Eisso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mdrid., lf<2G, iii, 224. — Gunthek, Cat. Fish. lirit. Mim., iv, 341. — Moreau, 



Hist. Nut. Puiss., France, iii, 248, 

 AscUus, VALENC1E^•^•E^^, Nat. Hist. Ilus Canaricnnes, Poissous, 76. 

 Vharoptcrijx, KurrELL, Verzeichu. Mus. Senckenb., Fiscbe, 16. 



Gadoids having moderately elongate, Phycis-like body. Dorsals separate, prominent; 

 a short anterior and a long posterior dorsal, and the anal in two i)arts, widely separated. 

 Veutrals composed of rays. Scales moderate, covering body and head. Mouth large, 

 subinferior; teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines cardiform, equal, those in the upper jaw 

 in a band. Gill-openings large. Branchiostegals 7. 



MORA MEDITEERANEA, Ris.so. (Figure 322.) 



Gadus morn, RiSSO, Iclitli. Nice, ISIO, 116. 



Mora mcditerranea, Ei.s.so, Hist. Nat. Europ. Mdridionale, in, 224. — Bonaparte, Catalogue, No. 37G; Fauna 

 Italica, figure. — Lowe, Proc. Zoiil. Soc. Loudou, 1843, 91. — Ca>;estuini. Arch. Zoiil., ii, 359, pis. xi-xii, 

 fig. 1; Pesci d'ltalia, 155. — Giglioli, Elenco, 36.— Guntuer, Cat. Fisli. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 342; Chal- 

 lenger Report, XXII, 83. — Capello, Cat. Poixes de Portugal, 1880, 30, No. 141. — Mokeau, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 France, lii, 248, fig. 177.— Vaillant, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, 1888, 298, pi. xxv, figs. 6, 6a. 



AsvUits canaricnsis, Valen'CIENNES, loc. cit., 76, pi. xiv, fig, 3. 



A Mora having the upper jaw longer than the lower, and a slender barbel, whose 

 length is less than that of the diameter of the eye. Caudal forked. First ventral ray pro- 

 longed in a slender thread, which reaches behind the tip of the pectoral. Scales small, 95 

 in the lateral line. 



Eadial formula: 1), 7-8+12-45; A. 17-19+15-22; V. 6. 



Color chestnut-brown upon tlie back, dark ash color on the belly, a blue spot upon the 

 tii> oftbe operculum. The palate and tongue are dark blue, tlie latter with black spots. 

 Dorsal and anal light blue at the base, darker at the tip. Pectorals light blue with black 

 spots. 



This species, the Mora of Nice and the Verdone of Eome, was first found in the Med- 

 iterranean, where it has been recorded from Nice, Genoa and Legliorn. liis.so said of it in 

 1810 that it was very common in great depths of the sea oft' Nice, where it is taken in the 

 mouth of August. Giglioli, fishing at Genoa, July 20, 1879, at a depth of 800 to 1,000 

 meters, captured ninety-seven. It has not been found in the Adriatic, but Brito Capello 

 records it from off the coast of Portugal, and Lowe, also from 300 to 400 fathoms off 31ag- 

 dalena, 5 leagues to the west of Fnnchal, while Webb and Berthelot obtained it at the Ca- 

 naries. The Talisman took it at the same region (station l) at 975 meters, as well as off 

 Morocco (stations ix, xi, xxxiv, xlvii, xlviii) at depths of from 022 to 1,180 meters. The 

 Travailleur obtained it at Setubal (stations xxxiv and xxxv) in 1,307 meters, and in the 

 Gulf of Gascony in 014 meters. The ChaUoujer obtained specimens also, but they were 

 destroyed on shipboard and the record of locality lost. It has never been found in the 

 Western Atlantic. 



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