208 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 

 Table of Measurements— Continned. 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality , 



D miles S. by E. of 

 Nomau's Land. 



Millime- lOOthsof 

 tres. length. 



Dorsal (adipose) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Greatest height 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tirst spine (possibly broken) . 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of fourth spine 



Length of fifth spine (possibly broken) . 



Length of sixth spine 



Length of seventh spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (thirteenth) 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Lengt h of base 



Length of lirst spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (eleventh) 



Length of last^ray , 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



right side 

 left side . 



Anal. 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



!N umber of scales in lateral line 



!Number of transverse rows above lateral line . 

 Kumber of transverse rows below lateral line. 



150 

 145 



223 

 1G9 

 150 



240 

 127 

 VI 

 VII, 15 

 ll,Vi 

 18 



n, 15 



1,5 



20.66 

 12. 28 



7 



34.68 

 14.4 

 3 



8.24 

 9.1 

 9.68 

 9.54 

 9. 68 

 10 



43.35 

 9.4 

 14.74 



7 



60 



3L79 

 4.2 

 7.5 



10.26 



13.44 

 7.8 



13.87 

 21.67 

 21 



32.22 

 24. 42 

 21.67 



34.68 

 18.35 



Capt. William Dempsey, of Gloucester, lias since fiirnislied nine fresh 

 specimens of this LopholatUus and the following information: 



" Tbe fish were caught with Menhaden bait in July, 1879, while ' try- 

 ing' for cod 50 miles south by east of Neman's Land, in hit. 40° 10' K, 

 Ion. 70° 55' W., 75 fathoms, on very hard clay bottom. Two miles inside 

 of this bottom there is nothing but a green ooze, on which no fish will live. 



" Two of the 9 fish were spent females. The few remaining eggs of 

 these 2 were not so large as those of the herring, and resemble the eggs 

 of the Norway Haddock. The other 7 had nothing to determine whether 

 they were male or female. 



"The liver is small, somewhat like that of the mackerel, and contains 

 no oil. The flesh is oily and will soon rust after splitting and drying. 



" The stomach and intestines are small, the latter resembling those of 

 an eel. 



