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distance from tip of snout 

 to gill opening; lateral 

 line with only a low wave 

 below dorsal spine. 

 mitsukurii Dezn 1904.'* 

 Japan. 

 12 b. Pectoral fin only as long as di- 

 stance from tip of snout to up- 

 per origin of pectoral, or a little 

 longer; jugular and oral canals 

 meet orbital canal separately. 

 14 a. First and second 

 dorsal fins separ- 

 ated by an inter- 

 space about as long 

 as eye; posterior 

 outline of second 

 dorsal abruptly 

 rounded; lateral 

 line not in short 

 waves but merely 

 somewhat irregular 

 along flanks; sides 

 cream-colored and 

 silvery with irregu- 

 lar darker brown 

 margins. 



novae-zea/andiae 

 (Fowler)'^ 1 9 1 1 . 

 New Zealand. 



14b. First and second 

 dorsal fins scarcely 

 separated at base ; 

 posterior outline of 

 second dorsal slop- 

 ing evenly down- 

 ward; lateral line 

 along flanks in a 



74. Dean, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, jp (3), 1904: 6, pi. i, figs, i, 2; Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 27, 1904: 

 224, fig. 2. The caudal filament is pictured as being only about as long as the distance from the tip of the snout 

 to a little beyond the bases of the pelvics; but it is considerably longer in an excellent specimen that we have examined, 

 and hair-fine toward the tip. 



75. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 62, 191 1: 603; see also Griffin, Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst., 54, 1923: 246, pi. 20, fig. 2. 



