DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 



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not be removed. This is doubtless the result of the hard usage experieuced iu the trawl 

 net. 



Current number of specimen . 

 Locality 



26, 007. 

 871. 



MUli- 



moterg. 



Extreme length 



Body: Greatest height under dorsal. 

 Head: 



Greatest length 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of mandible 



Biitmeter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Itistallie from snout 



LiuKth of base 



Height at tirst spine.. 



Dorsal (soft) : Distance from snout. . . 



Anal : Distance from snout 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Dist.ince from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal- 



Pectoral  



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line . 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral lino . 



lOOtbs of 

 length. 



100 

 12.5 



21 

 4 

 7 



3.5 

 7.25 



11 

 35 



21 

 11 



10 



I. IX, 80+ 

 7U+ 

 13 

 7 

 [100] 

 (6) 

 (18) 



The type specimen (Cat. ISTo. 26007, U. S. j^. M.), 248 millimeters in length, was taken liy 

 the Fish Hawl- September 4, at station 871, in 4()o 02' .'54" K. lat., 70^ 23' 40" W. Ion., at a 

 depth of 115 fathoms. It is very similar to Lowe's Macrurun atlanticitHj and but for Giinthei's 

 opinion that they are distinct, on account of the larger spines on the scales, we should 

 have placed our specimens in tliat species. 



iSTumerous specimens have been obtained by the American vessels Troin 115 to 464 

 fathoms, and the Challenger also collected it from the depths near the Bahamas. The 

 Blale secured examples from station cccsxi, in 32° 43' 25" N. lat, 77° 20' 30" W. Ion., at 

 a depth of 233 fathoms; from station CCCXXTI, in 33° 42' 15" N.lat., 70° 00' 50" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 464 fathoms: from station ccv, in 24° 08' N. lat., 82° 51' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 339 fathoms; from station Lxxv off Barbados, at a depth of ISO fathoms; ti-om stations 

 CCLXIX and CCLXXlii; and from station LXXIV, off Barbados, at a depth of 180 fathoms. 



Specimens were taken by the Albatross as follows: Cat. No. 32807, U. S. N. M., from 

 station 2014, in 36° 41' 05" N. lat., 74° 38' 55" W. Ion., at a depth of 373 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 35476, TJ. S. N. M., Ixom station 2183, in 39-3 57' 45" N. lat., 70o 56' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 195 fathoms ; Cut. No. 3.5478, U. S. N. M., from station 2200, in 39^ .",3' 30" N. lat., 69^ 43' 20" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 148 fathoms ; Cat. No. 35686, U. S. N. M., from station 2262, in 39° 54' 45" 

 N. lat., 690 29' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 250 fathoms; Cat. No. 33543, U. S. N. M., from 

 station 2089, in 39° 58' 50" N. lat., 70^ 39' 40" W. Ion., at a depth of 168 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 33512, U. S. N. M., from station 2092, in 39° 58' 35" N. hit., 71° 00' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 197 fathoms; from station 2548, in 39° 56' N. lat., 70° 14' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 200 

 fathoms; from station 2020, iu 37° 37' 50" N. lat., 74° 15' .30" \V. Ion., at a depth of 143 

 tathoms; from station 2377, iu 29^ 07' 30" N. lat., 88^ 08' W. Ion., at a depth of 210 fathoms; 

 from station 2402, in 28° 36' N. lat., 85° 33' 30" W. Ion., at a- depth of 111 tathoms; from 

 station 2397, in 28° 42' N. lat., 86° 36' W. Ion., at a depth of 280 fathoms; from station 

 2426, in 30° 01' 30" N. lat, 74^^ 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 93 fathoms; from station 2396, 

 iu 28° 34' N. lat., 86° 48' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms; from station 2545, in 40° 

 01' N. lat., 70° 23' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 142 fathoms; from station 2308, in 28° 45' N. 

 lat., 860 20' W. Ion., at a depth of 227 fathoms; from station 2546, in 39^ .56' N. lat., 70'' 14' 

 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 200 fathoms; from station 2310, in 35° 44' N. lat., 74° 51' W. Ion., 



