DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 367 



The length of the uppei-Jawis about equal to the. space between the ventrals and the aual 

 origin, and is contained 2J times in that of the head. The maxilla does not quite reach the 

 vertical through the hind margin of the eye. The barbel is one-sixth as long as the head. 

 The teeth are in narrow bands in the jaws; there is no outer series of enlarged teeth, but a 

 few in the middle of the bauds in both jaws are slightly larger than the others; all of the 

 teeth, however, are inconspicuous; the vomer and palate are smooth. The vent is situated 

 about under the third ray of the first dorsal. The distance of the first dorsal from the tip of 

 the suout equals 3 times the length of its base; its longest ray equals twice the length of 

 the snout, and slightly exceeds the length of the longest of the second dorsal; the length of 

 the second dorsal base equals 3 times the length of the pectoral, which is contained nearly 

 5J times in the total without caudal. The origin of the anal is about in a vertical let fall 

 from the base of the fifth ray of the first dorsal. The distance of the ventral from the tip 

 of the snout is contained about ij'i times in the standard body-length. When the ventral is 

 extended backward its tip will reach the base of the fourth anal ray. The length of the 

 middle caudal ray is one-third of the length of the head. The lateral line is very indis- 

 tinct, but it is situated rather high, and follows pretty closely the contour of the back. 

 The gill-rakers are moderately short and not numerous. 



Eadial formula: D. 10-f49; A. 54; V. 7; scales 0-01 to 02-10. 



The general color is a light yellowish-brown with the under surftice of the head, the 

 abdomen, the margins of the dorsal and anal fins, the lips, and the axil of the pectoral 

 very dark brown. There is, also, a dark brown blotch on the suboperculum. The inside 

 of the mouth and of the gill-membranes is white. 



The type of this species (Cat. No. 28700, U. S. N. M.) was taken by the Fish Hawk 

 from station 941, in 40° 1' N. lat., O'jo 50' W. Ion., at a depth of 7!) tathoms. Specimens 

 were also obtained by the Blali-e at station ccxxxviii, in 24° 30' N. lat., 84° 5' W. Ion., at 

 a depth of 955 fathoms; and by the Albatross from station 2358, in 20° 19' N. lat., 87° 3' 30" 

 W. Ion., atadepth of 222 fathoms; from station 2312, in 32° 54' N. lat., 77° 53' 30" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 88 fathoms; from station 2298, in 35° 39' K hit., 74^ 52' W. Ion., at a depth of 

 80 fathoms; and from station 2402, in 28° 30' N. lat., 85° 33' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 111 

 fathoms. 



URALEPTUS, Costa. 

 UraUptus, CosTA,Wiegmann'a Archiv., 1858, 87. — Guntiier, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 349. 



Body elongate, compressed and tapering ijosteriorly, covered with small scales. A sep- 

 arate caudal; 2 dorsal fins and 1 anal; ventral fins narrow, with flat base, composed of 

 rays. Upper and lower jaw with an outer series of strong curved teeth. Vomerine and 

 palatine teeth none. Chin without barbel. Branchiostegals seven. {Qlinther.) 



URALEPTUS MARALDI, (Risso), Costa. (Figure 320.) 



GadUH MaraUi, Eisso.-Ichth. Nice, 1810, 123, pi. vi, fig. 13. 



MerUicius Maraldi, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mdrid., 220. 



l7ro/e/)/«8il/araWi, Costa, Fauna Najiol., pi. xxxvii, A. — Bonaparte, Cat. Metoilico, No. 375. — Canestrini, 



Arch. Zool.,i, 357; Pesci tVUalia, 156.— GCnthek, loe. cit.; Challenger Report, xxii, 1887, 87.— MoREAu, 



Hist. Nat. Poiss. France, in, 253. 

 Gadus gracilis, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1813, 91 (type in University of Cambridge). 



The head is rather thick, its greatest width being equal to its height, which is somewhat 

 more than one-half of its length; its length is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). The 

 cleft of the mouth is oblique, wide, the maxillary extending to below the jiosterior margin 

 of the orbit. The lower jaw is received within the upper, but both are nearlj' equal in length 

 anteriorly; they are armed with a series of rather large, curved, widely set t«eth, and there 

 is another series of small teetli within the outer in the npi)er jaw. Snout rather broad, 

 obtusely rounded, scarcely longer than the eye, the diameter of which is two-ninths of the 

 length of the head. The interorbital space is emarginate on each side by the upper i)art of 

 the orbit, and its width is somewhat more than the diameter of the eye. Nape of the neck 



