496 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



Atlantic, at tbe clc'])tL of 1,850 fathoms (.station 106) j another of l'.> liiu-s at the? dei)th of 

 2,450 fathoms (station 318). 



LINOPHRYNE, Collett. 

 LinopUnjnc, COLI.ETT, I'roc. Zoiil. Snv. Loiidnii, ISSO, 138. — GiJNTIIKK, Challenger Report, xxii, 57. 



'^Linophryite," says Giiiitlicr, •'diticrs from Mrhtiiocetiis in ])ossessiug a long tentacle 

 at the throat." (3olIett's original descrijition is as follows: 



Head cnoniions; the body slender, (•oni])ressed, mouth oblique. S])innns dorsal 

 reduced to a single fei)halic tentacle, the basal part of which is erect, not procumbent. 

 Teeth in the jaws on the vomer and the ni>per pharyngeals. Gill openings exceedingly 

 narrow, situated a little belo'v the root of the pectoral. Soft dorsal and anal very short; 

 ventrals none. Abdominal cavity forming a sac, suspended from the trunk. Skin smooth; 

 a long tentacle on the throat. 



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LINOPHRYNE LUCIFEE, Collett. (Figure 408.) 



Linophii/ne liivi/cr, Collett, Proc. Zoiil. Soc. London, 1886, 138, jil. xv. — GfiNTHEn, C'liallpngor Report 

 XXII, 57. 



A spinous ])rojection above each orbit. Cephalic tentacle black, with a large ovato 

 bulb, the upper half of Avhich is white; gular tentacle much larger, terminating in two 

 tongue-like ai)pendages, which are furnished on the upper edge with a row of round, white 

 papillie. 



Radial formula: D. 1/3; A. 2; C. 9; P. 11-15. 



Collett tells the history of its capture as follows : 



A single specimen, with a total length of 4!> millimeters, was caught by Capt. P. 

 Andresen in INhiy, 1877,11oating in tin-, sea (about 30^ N. Lit., 20° W. Ion.), 3 degrees north- 

 west of INIadeira, and was ])resented to the museum of the Ohristiania University. During 

 several years it remained unnoticed in the private house of the late director of the Christi- 

 ania museum, Prof. Esmaik, but after his death it was returned to the museum (December, 

 1885). 



i\[r. Andresen, who is now residing in Christiania, reports to me that on the day men- 

 tioned he was ou a voyage to the West Indies. He was capturing turtle in his boat; there 

 was a heavy swell, but the water was smooth. After a time he caught sight of this little 

 black tish, which lay on the surface quite alive, but almost motionless, which was not sur- 

 prising when it w;is discovered tliat it liad just swallowed a tish lunger than itself. It did 

 not lie on its side, but was appaieutly unable to swim away. i>y getting the bailer under 

 it he lifted it out with ease, and in order to keep it fresh he gave up his search fur turtle 

 and rowed to the ship, where it was i)laced in sjiirits for i)reservatiou. 



CAULOPHRYNE, Goode and Bean, n. g. 



Head large, compressed. Mouth with the cleft nearly horizontal. Body short, much 

 compressed. Spinous dorsal reduced to a single cephalic tentacle, which is sujiportcd on a 

 short procumbent base. Teetli of unequal size in the intermaxillary and tlie mandible. 

 Vomer, palatines, and upper pharyngeals toothed. Gill openings narrow, horizontal slits 

 ]>laced below and in frontof the root of the pectorals. P>ian<'hia' iu i-2-^ i)airs. Ilranchial 

 arches armed with dentigerous tubercles. Skin naked. Numerous hunnious tilaments ou 

 head and body. Soft dorsal and anal many rayed; the rays greatly produced. Caudal 

 long, tapering. Ventrals none. Pectorals very broad, sessile, postmedian, under dorsal (in, 

 witli numerous rays. Pyloric ai)pendages reduced to one small rudiment. Air bladder 

 absent. 



CAULOPHRYNE JORDANI, Goode and Bean, n. s. (Figure 409.) 



The height of the body is nearly one-half of the total length without caudal, the greatest 

 height occurring just liehind the; head. Tlie cei)lialic apix-ndagc^ has a jtale tnt't at its tiit. 

 The length of the distal i)ortion of the appendage ccpials one tliiid of tlic lotal length witli- 

 out the caudal. The tuft is somewhat mutilated, but it shows no evidence of a laminated 



