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Body slender, compressed. Head as deep as wide, tapering- forAvard 

 to a tiat snont. Snout 3 to .■>] in head, slightly more than twice as long- 

 as the eye, projecting two-thirds the diameter of the eye beyond the 

 tip ot the lower jaw. Eyes somewhat eUiptical, their upper n)argiiis 

 near dorsal i)rotile. Interorbital si)ace about equal to long diameter of 

 eye. Anterior nostril a broad, short tube situated on the anterolateral 

 part of the snout, and a little nearer the moutli than the dorsal i)rotile; 

 posterior nostril a large, elliptical opening in front of the up))er tliird 

 of the eye, less than its own diameter from the eye. Pores of snout 

 arranged as follows- A small pair under tip of snout just in front of 

 anterior teeth; a large one m front of, a second above, and a lliird 

 immediately behind, anterior nostril; four others along the side of the 

 upper .jaw; one behind angle of mouth. A row of about 1(> i)ores on 

 each mandible, beginning at tip of lower jaw and extending beyond its 

 posterior angle. Angle of mouth reaching middle of orbit. Lii)sthin. 

 ]M axillary teeth close set in a bioad villiform band, the outer teeth 

 longer than the inner. Vomerine teeth much larger, forming a broad 

 transverse pat(;h in advance of maxillary teeth. A very few small 

 teeth on shaft of vomer Mandibular teeth in a narrow cardilbrm band 

 anteriorly, diminishing much in size toward angle of mouth. Tongue 

 free. (Jill openings far apart, their width a little greater than diameter 

 of eye, the distance between them about ."> in head, (lills 4; no rakers. 

 Lateral line above middle of body anteriorly. The dorsal fin begins 

 slightly behind the base of the pectoral, its distance from occiput equal- 

 ing distance of latter from center of eye. Pectorals small, pointed, 

 equal to the snout. 



Color {in alcohol). — Brown; head and back dusky. A large, dark, 

 opercular spot; another small one above each eye, and a dark streak 

 on snout in front of eye. Sides of tail with coarse black specks, much 

 more numerous in one of the specimens than in the other, mainly 

 collected into two lengthwise lines running parallel with the bases of 

 the dorsal and anal; the other specimen is almost ]»laiii. ^Marginal 

 portions of dorsal and anal tins dusky, becoming black posteriorly, 

 basal portions light. Inside of mouth a little dusky. Peritoneum 

 silvery, speckled, or brownish. Alimentary canal black. 



Two sj)ccimens, 16^ and \Sh inches long, from station 3474: 375 

 fathoms. 



Type.—:So. 47G96, U.S.N.M. 



Family Al LOPID^E. 



CHLOROPHTHALMUS PRORIDENS, new species. 



I Plate XXXVI, fi.ii;. 2.) 



Head 3| ; dei)th r,-;. 1 1). 10 to 12; A. 10; P. 14 to 15; X. 0; lateral 

 line 50. 



Body as broad as deep in front of first dorsal; compressed below and 

 behind this iin. The least depth of tail I'r] in greatest depth of trunk. 



