90 THE CHISMOrNRA (('IIIMAK1{()II)S). 



Chimaera ogilbvi. 



Chiiiiiicrii (Kjilhiji Waite, 1S9S, Thetis I'relim. Ucjinrt, p. fiO; ISO'.), Mem. Austral. Mils., 4, p. is, pi. (i. 



Head one fourth of the length from snout to siipracaudal, about three 

 sevenths of the IcMigth of the second dorsal. Eye small, length near one fifth 

 of the head. Upper marghi of second dorsal not indented. Outer angles of 

 pectorals and ventrals sharp. No anal fin. Caudals low, supracandal little 

 higher than subcaudal. Pectorals reaching beyond the origins of the ventrals. 

 Dorsal spine hardly reaching the base of the second dorsal. Lateral line with 

 short waves on the greater part of the flank; jugular section meeting the orljital 

 near the junction of the latter with angular and suborbital sections. C'audal 

 filament elongated. 



Silvery on back and sides, yellowish below. Toward (he back of the head 

 on the body there are narrow darker bands ]iassing ilown and obliciuely 

 forward. Anteriorly there are small spots which become rings farther down. 

 Posteriorly the twenty or more transver.se streaks above the lateral line are 

 more or less broken. 



Off N. S. Wales, at 22-2(J fathoms. 



C!himaera gilberti, nom. nov. 



Chimaera purpurasccns Gii-bbrt, 190.5, Bull. U. S. Fish Comin., jit. 2, p. .")S.'), f. 231, not C. piirpiiras- 

 cois Jordan and Snj'der, 1904. 



Named in honor of Professor Charles H. Clill^ert. 



Head less than one fourth of the length from snout to end of second dorsal. 

 Eye one fifth as long as the head ; front of orbit in mid length of head. Dorsal 

 spine little more than half flie length of the head, not serrated, reaching the 

 base of the second dorsal, (ireatest depth of second dorsal eciual to the length 

 of the orbit, ujijier border not concave. No separate anal. Pectoral large, 

 reaching beyond the origins of the ventrals, not falciform, rather l>road. Sub- 

 caudal larger than supracaudal. A caudal filament. Lateral line feebly un- 

 dulated; jugular section meeting the angular at the jiuiction with orliital and 

 suborbital sections. Type 90 cm. in length. 



Uniform purplish or plum color. 



OfT Kauai, Hawaii, at 957-10G7 fathoms. 



