308 DEEP-8EA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC I5ASIN. 



in that of the body; leiigth of the maxillaiy less than tlie length of the head. Upper and 

 lower jaw with a series of round pores, uniting at the angle of the mouth, and continuing 

 backward over the operculum to the branchial aperture. Diameter of the orbit less than 

 the length of the snout, more than oiieiifth the length of the head, and twice the width of 

 the interorbital space. Origin of dorsal tin nearer to the vent than to the origin of the 

 pectorals. Veutrals short, of 3 rays, the longest slightly more than one-fourth the length 

 of the pectorals. Pectorals lanceolate, their length somewhat less than that of head. Dis- 

 tance from vent to ventrals somewhat less than length of head. Scales lacking. 



Kadial formula: IMS; V. .".. 



Color, brown al)ove, yellowish below. 



The type, 44 millimeters long, was obtained in the Hardanger Fiord, Norway, at a depth 

 of 100-150 fathoms, in Seiitember, 1809, by Prof. Sars. The specimen was immature. 



LYCODES ZOARCHUS, Goode ami Hean, u. s. (Figures 276, 276 A (joiitig), 283 C). 



The greatest height of the body, 40 millimeters, is about one-ninth of the total length ; 

 it is entirely covered with conspicuous imbedded scales which extend l)ehind the dorsal and 

 anal, leaving only a narrow, naked margin around these fins. Head and pectorals naked. 

 A lateral line begins slightly above the upper angle of the gill-opening, rapidly curving 

 downward and extending along the lower jiart of the body not far from the base of the anal 

 tin; it can be traced above the anterior two-thirds of the anal. 



The length of the head, GG millimeters, is contained nearly 5§ times in the total. Its 

 greatest height, 32 millimeters, equals about one-half its length. The interorbital distance, 

 measured on the bone, is only one-fourth of the length of the eye. The length of the eye, 

 15 mOlimeters, is nearly one-fourth the length of the head and is equal to the length of 

 the snout. The nostrils are placed close to the upper lip and as far from each other as 

 from the eye. The maxilla reaches to the vertical through the middle of the eye. 



The length of the upper jaw, 28 millimeters, is contained 2J times in that of the head. 

 The length of the mandible, 31 millimctex'S, is nearly one-half that of the head. The man- 

 dible has a conspicuous flap on each side, about as long as the eye, beginning at a distance 

 from the symphysis equal to one-half the length of the eye. The inner edge of the man- 

 dible also has a slightly elevated ridge of skin. Length of intermaxillary series of teeth, 

 13 millimeters, equal to one-fifth of that of the head. Length of palatine series, 12 milli- 

 meters, nearly equal to that of intermaxillary. Vomerines in a round patch. Mandibular 

 teeth in three series. Width of gill opening, 25 millimeters, two-fifths length of head. The 

 ventrals are in front of the base of the pectorals ; their length, 8 millimeters, equals one- 

 eighth that of the head. The distance between the lower angles of the gill-0])euing, 12 mil- 

 limeters, is nearly one fifth the length of the head. The origin of the dorsal is distant from 

 the head a space equal to one-third the length of the head ; it is slightly behind the middle 

 of the pectoral. The pectoral when extended reaches to about the vertical from the sixth 

 dorsal ray. The longest ray of the dorsal is about one fourth the length of the head. The 

 anal orginates under the seventeenth ray of the dorsal. The vent is under the fifteenth 

 ray of the dorsal. The longest pectoral ray, 38 millimeters, is contained about '.^ times in 

 the total length. 



Color, grayish-brown, lighter on the belly and under surface of the head; sides, ii-regu- 

 larly mottled with darker, a narrow dark edge ar the tip of the fii'st four dorsal rays. 



In a young specimen, No. 39299, the mottlings on the sides are band-like, the bands not 

 extending below the middle of the body entii-ely. This example is from N. lat. 44° 26', W. 

 Ion. 570 11' 15", 190 fathoms. 



D, 116; A. 102; P. 19. 



The type of the descrijition is a specimen 3GG millimeters long, catalogue number 39298, 

 obtained by the Albulroxs m N. hit. 44^ 40' 30", W. lun. 59^ 55' 45", 130 fathoms, ofi Nova 

 Scotia. This species has the same number of rays in the dorsal and anal as in some 

 si)ecimens oi L. paxlllus^ but the pectoral has 10 rays instead of IG, the median lateral line 

 is not developed as in jiax'i7i«s, and the form is very much stouter, the greatest height in 



