Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2483 



the mandible far beyond, its length equal to that of postorbital portion of 

 head. Teeth on vomer and in jaws in villiform bands, the outer series in 

 the latter slightly enlarged. Pseudobranchiie. present; gill rakers short, 

 8 below angle of first arch, the longest less than \ diameter of eye, 

 Branchiostegals 7. Ventrals as long as postorbital part of head. Dorsal 

 origin at distance from snout contained 4+ in total length, with 28 rays in 

 a space equal to length of head, counting from the origin of the fin; anal 

 oiigin separated from snout by distance 2j in total length ; length of pec- 

 toral 2 in head, or 10 in total. Scales closely imbricated, ornamented 

 with delicate concentric strite ; lateral line apparently complete, located 

 about \ distance from dorsal to ventral outline. Color yellowish gray, 

 marbled along the upper half of head and body with oliv(^ brown ; dorsal 

 and anal fins with black margins. Gulf Stream, in 213 fathoms. (Goode & 

 Bean.) {marmoratus, marbled.) 



Leptophidlum marmoratmn, Goode &, Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ISS.'j, 423, lat. 23° 10' 39" 

 N., long. 82° 20' 21" W., in 213 fathoms (Type, Ko. 37237, C. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Alba- 

 tross) I GooDK & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 348, 1896. 



2847. LEP0PHIDIU3I EMMELAS (Gilbert). 



Head 3| to 4; depth 5|- to 6; eye 4| in head; snout 4f; interorbital 

 width?; vertebra} 13 + 44=57; maxillary 2^ to 2f in head; ventral fila- 

 ment 2f; pectoral 2 in head; scales 8-125-18 or 20 before dorsal. Body 

 deep, compressed. Maxillary reaching slightly beyond orbit. Jaws 

 slender and weak, the teeth in very narrow bands, the outer not enlarged. 

 Rostral ri^ge very sharp, bearing a flat spine at its base directed upward 

 and backward, terminating in a very slender sharp spine anteriorly. 

 Opercle ending in a weak spinous point behind. Gill rakers short and 

 slender, the longest ^ pupil, 8 or 9 movable ones developed. Skull and 

 all bones of head very thin and pa])ery. Dorsal beginning over base of 

 pectorals, the nape midway between its origin and middle of orbit. Dis- 

 tance from snout to origin of anal 1^ in distance from latter to end of tail. 

 Scales large, covering checks, opercles and top of head forward to middle 

 of interorbital space. Color brownish, much dusted with minute si)eck8; 

 fins blackish, the vertical fins with an indistinct narrow whitish margin; 

 inside of mouth dusky; the roof of mouth, lining of gill cavity, and per- 

 itoneum jet-black. Coast of Lower California. Many specimens, the 

 longest 9 inches, from Albatross Stations 3007 and 3008, in 362 and 306 

 fathoms. (Gilbert.) (ev, within; fxeXai, black.) 



Leptophidium etiimelas, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, IKl, coast of Lower Cali- 

 fornia. (Coll. Albatross.) 



2848. LEPOPHIDIUM STIGMATISTIITM (Gilbert). 



Head 4i in length; depth 9;^; eye 4^ in head; snout 6; interorbital 

 width 6i; maxillary reaching slightly beyond posterior border of eyes, 2| 

 in head. A strong rostral spine. Outer teeth scarcely enlarged, evidently 

 so only in front of upper jaw. Gill rakers long and slender, strongly 

 curved forward at tip, the longest equaling i eye ; 7 well-developed gill- 

 rakers present. Opercle ending in a rounded process, a broad soft flap 



