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its distance from insertion of ventrals being equal to lengtli of Lead; 

 length of ventrals equal to that of pectorals, their tip not extending to 

 vent. Scales small, very thin, deciduous, crowded anteriorly ; lateral line 

 not well defined on posterior part of body. Color similar to that of the 

 various species of Fhi/cis; the dorsal and anal fins with narrow l)lack 

 margins. The length of the first dorsal ray is very variable, being shorter 

 in younger individuals. This species differs from L. yarrcUii by its much 

 smaller scales, and from L. rohiistum by the greater number of rays in the 

 dorsal and anal fins, and its much shorter ventrals. (Goode & Bean.) 

 Gulf Stream, reaching a depth of 312 fathoms, {harhatiilus, having small 

 barbels.) 



Lcemonema barbatula, Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Com. Zool., x, 204,1883, Gulf Stream, 

 Lat. 32° 43' N., Long. 77° 20' W., in 230 fathoms, and Lat. 28° 35' N., Long. 73° 13' 

 W.; GoODE & Bean, Oceanic Icbtbyology, 362, figs. 315 and 315A, 1896. 



2932. L.EMONEMA MELANURUM, Goode & Bean. 



Head about 4|; depth 4| ; eye 3 in head; snout 4; interorbital width 6. 

 D. 6-57 ; A. 5.5 ; P. 25 ; V. 2 ; Br. 7 ; scales 16-160-38. Maxillary extending to 

 below middle of eye; intermaxillary nearly ^ length of head; mandible 

 slightly more than twice length of snout. Teeth in intermaxillary and 

 mandible in villiform bands; vomerine teeth in a small circular ]);itch on 

 middle of head of bone. Barbel about as long as snout. Distimce of first 

 dorsal from tip of snout aliout 4 in snout; length of tirst ray of dorsal 

 e(iualing that of head without snout; last ray of dorsal scarcely more than 

 i as long as first; ventral consisting of a single bifid ray, its distance 

 from tip of snout e(iual to length of head, its length nearly equal to that 

 of dorsal or the pectoral when extended, not reaching vent by a distance 

 equal to length of snout; pectoral equaling that of longest dorsal ray, 

 and also equaling head without snout; second dorsal higher anteriorly, 

 and posteriorly much higher than in middle; longest anterior ray i 

 length of ventral ; longest posterior ray i; length of head. Vent under 

 eighth ray of second dorsal. Gill rakers 5 -\- 15, the longest i as long as 

 snout. Color very light brown, the dorsals and anal with a narrow dark 

 margin ; a conspicuous, large, triangular, dark blotch on last rays of dor- 

 sal and anal, and a dark blotch occupying almost the whole of caudal, 

 leaving a margin of whitish around it. (Goode & Bean.) Caribbean 

 Sea, north to New York; reaching a depth of 1,467 fathoms. {ne'Ani;, 

 black; ovpd, tail.) 



Lcemonema melanuruni, Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 363, fig. 316, 1890, Gulf 

 Stream, Lat. 30° 44' N., Long. 79° 26' W., in 440 fathoms. (Type, No. 38270. Coll. 

 Albatross.) 



992. GAIDROPSARUS, Rafinesque. 

 (Three-bearded Rocklings. ) 



Gaidrupsarus, Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiol. .Siciliana, 1810 (mitstellaris — mediterraneus) ; 



description from a rough figure of Eondelet. 

 Leg Musteles, Cuvier, Regne Auim., Ed. I, vol. 2, 215, 1817 (tricirrhatiisr- mediteiraneus). 

 IMustela, Oken, Isia. 1817 (for les Mustdles; not M^istela, a genus of mammals). 



