TIIK ClllSMorXEA (C'lIlMAKKOlDS). 89 



I()n<i; as tlic head; f>;roat('st depth ('([ual Iciifith of (irl)it, dcptli in (lie mid l('ii,t!;tli 

 half as inucli: Ixmlcr risin.u; pnstciMorly Id nearly the anterior heifi;lit. Pectorals 

 hir^o, reaching the bases of the veutrals, hind margins shghtly conca\'e. No 

 distinct anal. Dorsal fins united by a low fold; interdorsal space shorter than 

 the base of the first dorsal. Dorsal spine about two thii'ds as lonj;; as the head. 

 Eye two sevenths the leii.i;th of the head. Supraeaudal tin slightly the deeper; 

 sul)cauda! the longer; a caudal filament. Lateral line irregular, but not in short 

 waves; jugular branch nu>eting the postorbital near the junction of the latter 

 with the .suborbital ami the angular. C'laspers of male short, stout, trifid 

 mon^ than half their length; the three branches being somewhat similarly 

 expanded toward the distal end. 



Blackish, with spots of white on th(> flanks. 



Japan: .Vomori, near Tsugaru Strait; Off Ofsu, I'rovince Hitachi. 



Chim.\er.\ mir.vbili.s. 



Chiimirm {Bdllii/alopcr) niirdhilif; C'oi.i.ett, 1001, F<irli. \u\. Sclskr., C'lira., No. '.1; lOO.'i, lvi']ini'l on the 

 Norwi'i;i:in Fislirry hikI Marini'-InvestifiHlioiifi, 2, |i. o."), jil. 1, f. 4. 



H(>ad nearly two ninths of the length from snout to supraeaudal, little more 

 than one third as long as the second dorsal base. Outer angles of pectorals 

 rather blunt, hind margins convex. Ventrals convex posteriorly. Interdoi'sal 

 space short. Pectorals long, reaching behind th(^ origins of the venti'als. Sub- 

 caudal longer, deeper, and extending farther forward than the supraeaudal. 

 Caudal filament long. No anal fin. Lateral line bending abrujitly upward 

 close behind the junction with ocular and orbital; jugular section meeting the 

 angular, at a distance below the junction of the latter with the orbital and the 

 suborbital sections. Forehead prominent in front of the cyo. Orbit large, 

 half as long as the head, in an individual 432 mm. long. Dorsal spine as long 

 as the base of the fin, two thirds as k^ig as the head, reaching the origin of the 

 second doi'sai. II(Mght of anterior and posterior jjortions of second ilorsal about 

 half till- length of the orbit, the concave middle portion descending to about 

 one third the height of \\\o anterior. Dor.sal notch hardly separating the two 

 dorsals. 



(Ireyish brown, fins darker. 



Faroe Channel; Faroe Bank, at 750 -1200 metres. 



