THE FISHES OF THE -TNGOLF. EXPEDITIONS. 



The young female, previously described and figured by nie — historically then the type of 

 the species— 198""" in length and loi"-" in breadth — from the Davis Strait at the depth of 80 fathoms, 

 resembles the younger males just bespoken, especially the youngest, in shape, spinulation and coloring, 

 which it is not necessary to specify nearer, as the actual reproduction here in the text (p. 5) gives 

 the necessary details. It may be observed however that the colored spots are much smaller than in 

 the smallest male at hand. As older females are not at hand, it can not yet be said if those will 

 habitually be more like the adult male, or how great the difference will turn out between the sexes 

 in the sexually mature state. 



Raja oniata Garman which has onh' been better known to me from fig. 24 of the Oceanic 

 Ichthyology* resembles so much to m\- R. Fylhc, that it would desire a closer examination to determine 

 if it is not the same species, what perhaps is not unlikely. It must be observed however that of 

 the specimens hitherto bespoken of R. ornata the typical specimen is from Florida (Alligator Key) at 

 138 fathoms, the 3 others from 142 fathoms at 32 ' 24' Lat. North, 78" 44' Long. W., thus from a much 

 more southern zone, a circumstance that might weaken the presumption of this identit\-, for whose 

 confirmation an immediate comparison would be necessary. 



Deep-sea-Eels: Synaphobranchus and Nemichthys fSerriuomerJ. 



Of the former genus of deep-sea-eels the <Ingolf^> has brought home 2 specimens, that I have 

 been able to compare with a specimen of Syiiaphobraiichus piniiatus from the Northamerican deep-sea 

 expeditions. 



Under the name of Synaphobrauchus piiinatiis is mentioned in the (.Catalogue of fish collected 

 and described of L. Th. Gronov edited by J.E.Gray (1854), a Mura;noid described in the « Museum 

 Ichthyologicuni!. of Gronov, II, p. 11, Nr. 161, which typical specimen was however wanting in Gronovs 

 collection and therefore not passed to the British Museum, when the museum purchased the said col- 

 lection. Rut Johnson & Lowe obtained some specimens at Madeira and the latter described it as 

 Synaphohraiicliiis Kaupii (Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 169). After Dr. Giinther having in his -Catalogue 

 of Fishes in the British Museum^ (VIII, 1874) renamed it with the specific name of Gray and Gronov, 

 it occurs now in the ichthyological literature again as Syiiapliobraiichus piiiiiattis. The American 

 deep-sea-investigations have demonstrated its occurrence at depths of 304—740 fathoms in the sea off 

 the eastern shores of the United vStates (f. inst. between the St. George bank and South-Carolina). 

 Goode og Bean in -Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.» X, p. 223 enumerate 84 specimens from 33' -39° Lat. 

 North and 65°~76° Long. West. Compare the v Oceanic Ichthyology* p. 143, fig. 164. A great number 

 of Stations is enumerated. The expedition of the -Challenger discovered it in greater or smaller 

 numbers of specimens at different stations (off Brasil, south of Japan and south of the Philipines etc.) 

 at depths of 214—1200 fathoms. The French expeditions ( le Travailleur , le Talisman ) have brought 

 together a great number (56) of specimens from the coast of Tvlarocco and the west coast of North 



