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or 114 mm. long, thus only one third longer than the largest of these two speci- 

 mens which on the whole agree very well, as may be seen from the measurements 

 above. With regard to the number of rays in the dorsal and anal fin this new spe- 

 cies agrees with B. hcitcdicti GOODE & Bean * described, but the former has a 

 larger number of scales in a longitudinal row, about 41, instead of 32 in the latter. 

 But on the other hand B. benedicti has (r or) 2 scales more in a vertical row at 

 the beginning of the dorsal which indicates that it has a greater depth of body 

 which is not far from equal to the length of head. To judge from the figure the 

 least depth of body is contained more than thrice in the greatest depth of bodk- 

 in B. benedicti. Otlier species of the genus have a smaller number of anal rays 

 and are also different in other respects. 



Oceanic Ichthyology p. 55 — 56 Plate XVII, fig. 64. 



