ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF CHIM^ERA. 



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Male. 



Female. 



Length of snout ... 

 Interorbital width 



Length of dorsal spine 



Height of anteriormost ray of first dorsal (exclusive of itsl 

 fleshy base) i 



Height of highest part of second dorsal (measured perpen-1 

 dicular to upper margin of body) / 



Upper margin of pectoral (excl. of its fleshy base) 



Breadth of pectoral at insertipn of base 



External margin of ventral (exclusive of its fleshy base) 



Breadth of ventral at insertion of base 



Height of upper lobe of caudal 



Height of lower lobe of caudal 



Length of cephalic organ 



Length of clasper from its insertion 



Length of clasper from insertion to the point of division... 



Distance between insertion of pectoral and that of ventral... 



Distance between insertion of the dorsal spine and that of\ 

 pectoral j 



Distance between base of ventral and anal notch 



All the measurements are in centimetres. 



Synopsis of Species of Chiniœra in the Waters 

 of Japan, 



Anal notch present. (With two dorsal fins. Claspers long, 

 tripartite.) 

 a) Caudal filament present, moderate in length. 



1) Distance between insertion of clasper and its point of 

 division almost one half that between the latter and 

 tip of clasper ; spinous roughness of dorsal spine dis- 

 tinct ; color silverly, with two longitudinal bands near 



