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4.2 to 5.0; depth 6.5 to 7.5. Eye in head 4.1 to 4.8; snout 4.5 to 5.25; interorbital 

 (bone) 7.0 to 9.0; maxillary 1.3 to 1.5; caudal peduncle 3.5 to 4.2; pectoral 4.8 to 

 6.0. D. 10; A. 10 or 11 (last double ray in each fin having been counted as one); 

 P. 11 or 12; V. 9; scales 40 to 48, 3 complete rows between lateral line and origin 

 of dorsal; vertebrae 26 + 18. 



Color of preserved specimens almost plain brown above and somewhat silvery 

 below, with the faint bars mentioned by Dr. Longley (in fresh material) ob- 

 scurely visible in only a few specimens. 



This species appears to differ from related ones in the small number of pec- 

 toral rays, and the rather large scales. 



Florida Keys to Brazil. S. F. H. 



Saurida normani Longley 



Saurida normani Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 34, 1935, p. 86 — Tortugas, 

 Florida, 60 to 100 fathoms. Longley and Hildebrand, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Pub. 517, 

 1940, p. 228, fig. 2. 



Family SUDIDAE 



Sudis coregonoides (Risso) 



Two specimens, about 65 mm. (damaged) and 180 mm. long, are included in 

 the Tortugas collection. Both were taken south of Tortugas, the smaller one in 

 295 to 315 fathoms, and the larger in 392 to 430 fathoms. These specimens seem 

 to be Sudis coregonoides, a species apparently not recorded from our south 

 Atlantic states. This species generally has been placed in the genus Paralepis, but 

 we follow Parr (Bull. Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 3, art. 3, 1928, p. 40) in con- 

 sidering Paralepis a synonym of Sudis. 



The following data are based on the larger specimen, the condition of the 

 smaller one being such that it is of little value: Body elongate, somewhat com- 

 pressed; head 4.5; depth 14. Eye in head 5.4; snout long, moderately pointed, 1.9; 

 mouth large, nearly horizontal; jaws of about equal length; maxillary 2.1 in 

 head. Dorsal over ventrals, with 10 rays; adipose large, over posterior part of 

 anal; anal rather long, with 31 rays; pectorals inserted low, just behind opercle, 

 with 14 rays; ventrals inserted nearly equidistant from base of pectoral and base 

 of caudal, with 8 rays. Teeth in the lower jaw large as in a barracuda, base of 

 each large tooth anteriorly with a smaller one; premaxillaries with small close-set 

 teeth; palatines each with a row of large teeth similar to those in lower jaw. 



Further study of specimens from various localities seems necessary to deter- 

 mine definitely whether Parr, whom we follow, is correct in referring several 

 previously recognized species to synonymy. If he is correct, much variation in 

 the number of anal rays, for example, must exist (assuming that the numbers 

 published are correct), as the counts coming to my notice vary from 23 to 32. 

 Also, if illustrations and descriptions are correct there must be much variation in 

 the thickness of the snout and the relative length of the jaws. 



Deep water on both sides of the Atlantic. S. F. H. 



