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whitish like the lips. There are two specimens of this tish iu the 

 colleclioD. The type, No. 8,443, from which the above description 

 was taken, is larger than the other, which is No. 8,442, measuring 

 21 and 14 inches respectively. They both possess 26 ravs in the 

 A. fin if the anterior rudiments are counted and have the D. 

 situated nearer the tip of the adipose fin than the tip of the snout. 

 These specimens were collected in 1886, and presented to the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Prof. Angelo 

 Heilprin. 



