DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 



TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS — Couliliuetl. 



361 



Cnrri'iit mniiber ut' s\*fc 



Locality . 



Aliul: 



Distance from snout 



Lena;th of base 



Lengtli of tirst ray 



Leniitli of longest ray (37Ili) 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length of rirst ray 



Length of tilaineiits 



Length of second ray 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Numlicr of scales in lateral line 



Nuuilicr of transverse rows above lateral line 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



21,840. 



Travl 174. 



42 miles E. } S., 

 Cape Ann, 14U 

 fathoms, Aug. 



27, 1878. 



Milli- 

 meters. 



lOOths of 

 length. 



121 



lOH 



i) 



20 







38 

 30 



GO 

 52 



54 



9lj 



105 



15 



vir 



9-55 



47 



^18-5 



17 



3 



90 



7 



28 



50 



44 



4 



8J 



15i 

 14i 



12J 

 21J 



22i 

 39 

 U8 

 GJ 



21,841. 

 Trawl lilt. 



21,842. 

 Trawl 194. 



33 miles E. by S., Cape Ann, E. Pt., 

 no fathoms, Aug. 31, 1878. 



Milli- lOOtbsof Milli- lOOths of 

 meters. length. meters, length. 



23 

 20 



34 

 32 



30 



47 



81 



10 



7 



9-57 



47 



5-21-5 



17 



3 



e.a. 91 



7 



28 



20 

 17 



30 

 29 



28 



42 



70 



8 



7 



10-56 



47 



5-21-5 



18 



3 



ca. 90 



ca. 28 



Numerous specimens of this lisU were talcen at various depths. These colleetious con- 

 firm the view expressed after a study of the collections iiiadt! by the Fish Commission in 

 the same year; namely, that Phycis Ghesteri and Macrurm Bairdii appear to be the most 

 abundant fishes on the continental .slope from 140 to 500 fathoms, occurring- in immense 

 numbers and breeding copiously. 



The Bl(d-e obtained examples from station cccxxxvi, in 38o 21' 50" N. lat., 7.3o 32' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 107 fathoms, and from station ccciii, in 41° 34' 30" N. lat., G.5o 54' 30" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 306 fathoms. Tlie Albatross from station 2,'iOr), in 44° 26' N". lat., 

 620 10' W. loa., at a depth of 127 fathoms; Cat. No. 33400, U. S. N. M., from station 20.53, in 

 42° 2' N. lat. 680 27' W. Ion., at a depth of 105 fathoms; (lat. No. ;?5655, from station 2232, 

 in 38° 37' 30" N. lat., 73° 11' W. Ion., at a depth of 243 fathoms ; Cat. No. 35424, U. S. N. M., 

 from station 2175, in 39° 33' N. lat., 72° 18' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 452 fathoms ; Cat. No. 

 35150, U. S. N. M., from station 2183, iu 39° 57' 45" N. lat., 70^ 5(i' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 195 fiithoms; Cat. No. 33388, XT. S. N. M., from station 2061, in 42° 10' N. lat., 66° 47' 45" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 115 fathoms; Cat. No. 33576, U. S. N. M., from station 2091, in 40° 01' 

 50" N. lat., 70= .59' W. Ion., at a depth of 117 fathoms; from station 2109, in 35° 14' 20" N. 

 lat., 74° 59' 10" W. Ion., at a depth of 142 fathoms ; from station 2426, in 36° 1' .30" N. lat., 

 74° 47' 30" W. Ion., at a di'pth of 93 fathoms; from station 2469, in 44° 58' 37" N. lat., 56° 

 20' 45" W. Ion., at a, depth of 201 fathoms; from station 2470, iu 44° 47' N. lat., r>(\o 33' 4.5" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 224 fathoms; from station 2605, iu 34° 35' 30" N, lat., 75° 45' .30" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 32 fathoms; from station 2546, in 39^ .53' 30" N. lat., 70° 17' 30" W. Ion., 

 at a dei)th of 538 fathoms; from station 207S, iu 41'= 11' 30" N. lat., 66° 12' 20" W. Ion., at a 

 (h'pth of 499 fathoms; from station 2548, in 39o 56' N. lat., 70-^ 14' .30" W. Ion., at a depth of 

 200 fathoms; from station 2547, in 39° 54' 30" N. lat., 70° 20' W. Ion., at a depth of .390 fath- 

 oms; from station 22,53, in 40o 34' 30" N. lat., 69° .50' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of .32 fathoms; 

 and from station 2027, iu 39° 58' 25" N. lat., 70o 37' W. Ion., at a depth of 198 fathoms. The 

 Fish llawh also secured specimens as follows : Cat. No. 31870, U. S. N. M., from station 1152, 

 in 390 58' N. lat., 70o 35' W. Ion., at a depth of 115 fathoms ; Cat. No. 2.5902, U. S. N. M., from 

 station 869, in 40^ 2' IS" N. lat., 70^ 23' 6" W. Ion., at a depth or 192 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 26204, U. 8, N. M., from station 895, iu;?9o T^iS' 30" N. lat, 70^ 59' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 

 238 fathoms; Cat, No. 28721, U, S. N. M., from station 925, in 39° 55' N. lat., 70^ 47' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 229 fathoms. 



