844 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



(I. I>i)rsal fill li)\v, l>e<rinning hphind vent; vomerine feeth in a i*ingle i)ateh; ])ecti)- 

 raln loiiLT, liiutrer than the ratluT slender snnnt SipKtjiliohraiivlmx. ',i. 



(til. Korsal till he<,niinin>r close hi'hind base of pectorals; vomerine teeth in two 

 jiatches, one liehind the other; ])e{!torals short, not longer than the short 

 snont Ifi.^tlohrrnirJnix. 4. 



3. SYN APHOBRANCHUS Johnson. 

 Sj/n(i])}iohr(Uichit.^ Jounson, I'roc. Zool. Sdc. jjondoii, ISdL', p. IH!), {hinpii). 



Dorsal beginning- behind vent. This t^emis contjiins two or three 

 species, deep-sea fishes from the Atlantic and Pacific {ffrn^acjn'f^^ 

 united; jipayxm, ^iH'^-) 



u. Dorsal inserted directly over or very slightly liehind vent (Hfiiii.'<. .'>. 



(Id. Dorsal inserted liehind vent at a distance etpial to thiee-iifths length of head 



iracdiiix. 4. 



add. Dorsal inserte<l liehind xcnt at a distance ('(jual to length of head. . . .yVy/A/v^x/. 5. 



3. SYNAPHOBRANCHUS AFP^INIS (Gunther). 



SiinapJtohrnncliii.'i djjiiiis ({vsrmiii, Ann. and i\lag. Nat. Hist., XX, 1S77, p. 445, 

 Enoshiina ( niis])rinted Inosima), Jajian. — Jordan and Snvder, Proc. F. S. 

 Nat. -Mns., 1900, ]). ;^4S (off Tokyo; Allxitro^^ CdU.). 



Dorsal fin beoiiniing' very close ])ehind vent; liead and trunk. '2'i in 

 tail; nia.xillary, 1| in head, not nearly n^aciiino- oiH ojxMiino'; head, '2^ 

 in distance from tip of snout to dorsal. 1-k in trunk; snout, 3 in head; 

 eye, 2 in snout; cleft of mouth, 1'^ in head; ])ccl()ral, 2^ in head; its 

 insertion nearer snout than anus. I iiiform bluisii brown, with fine 

 dots; pores of lateral line pale, about 20 before vent; pectorals pale; 

 vertical fins darker l)ehind. lio-ht-(>do-od anteriorly; inside of mouth 

 blue-black; oill opcuiuos dark. Coasts of Japan and southward to 

 the Philippines, in 40(i to (iOO fathoms; not rai'e; our numerous speci- 

 mens from Totomi Bay (off' Hamamatsu), station ^T^O, Alhtdro-ss; o\\ 

 Tokyo, collection of U. S. P'ish C'onunission steamer AHxitroxs;. and 

 oft' Misaki (collection of Alan Owston). The species is \ ci'v close to 

 S. 2)ltt)t(itu>< oi the Atlantic, which Dr. Gimther reg-ards in the Chal- 

 lenger Report as the same species. He g-ives a good figure of a speci- 

 men from south of Tokyo,^ under the name of Synapholnrowhiisj^in- 

 nafufi. The species descriVjed and figured l)y Jordan and Evermann. 

 following Goode and Bean, under the name of St/iKfj^/tohrtme/iNs j/in- 

 natus is evidently difi'erent, having the doi-sal umch farther back. 

 {S. (ijfiitis, related to aS'. pi mitii >!.'■<.) 



4. SYNAPHOBRANCHUS IRACONIS Jordan and Snyder, new species. 



Dorsal lin beginning far behind \ t*nt at a distanci^ I'cjual to \ the 

 head's length; ma.xiliary. 1^ fn head; head, 1| in trunk; head and 

 trunk, 2| in tail; snout, 8^ in head; eye, 2^ in snout; pectoral, long, 



' Challenger Report, p. 253, 2>1. lxii, fig. A. 



