Jordan and Evennann. — Fishes of North America. 2559 



ing under posterior margin of puiiil. Teeth iu a narrow band in each 

 jaw, some of those at least iu outer row of upper jaw slightly enlarged 

 and brownish colored; teeth of vomer forming a short curved baud iu 2 

 rows. Nasal barbel about equaling diameter of eye. Chin barbel small 

 and not much exceeding \ diameter of eye. Foremost ray of first dorsal 

 springing from bacls above opercular margin; second dorsal fin low in 

 front, but rising rapidly to seventh or eighth ray, behind which it is 

 uearly uniform for a loug distance, and the highest at posterior portion; 

 anal fin much lower than second dorsal ; caudal slightly emarginate, 

 almost truncate behind, its median rays about J a^* long as head; pecto- 

 rals nearly f as loug as head, produced toward the upper angles, the third 

 ray being longest; ventral fins with their bases mostly in advance of pec- 

 torals, the longest ray filamentous and uearly equaling pectoral. Lateral 

 line obsolescent. (Goode & Bean.) Atlantic coast of North America, 

 from Greenland to Cape Hatteras; in deep waters, reaching a depth in 

 the Gulf Stream of 1,081 fathoms, {ensis, sword.) 



Motella emis, Eeinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl., vu, 15, 1838, Greenland. 

 Onosrufus, Gn.L, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1883, 2.')9, Gulf Stream; GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. 1884, 172; Jordan, Cat. Fish. X. A., 128, 1885. 

 Onos ensis, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 241; Gill, Cat. Fi.sli. E. Coast U. S., 18, 



1873; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 797, 1883; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 128, 1885; 



Goode &, Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 381, fig. 327, 1896. 



2934. GAIDROPSARUS ARGENTATUS (Reiuhardt). 



Head 5; depth 5f. D. 54to59; A. 45 or 46. Body elongate; head small; 

 teeth iu several rows, 1 row more enlarged than the others; maxillary 

 reaching posterior border of eye; eye large, 5^ in head; interorbital space 

 scarcely exceeding the eye. Lateral line with about 27 enlarged pores 

 along its eutire length. First ray of first dorsal short, little longer than 

 snout; vent near middle of length. Reddish gray, changing to bluish on 

 the head aud abdomen; tips of dorsal, anal, and caudal red, also the bar- 

 bels and first ray of first dorsal; cavity of mouth J):^le• Coasts of Green- 

 land (Collett), south to Faroe and Bear Islands ; not seen by us. There 

 can be no doubt that Motella argeniata is the young of the species later 

 csi]led Motella reinhardti. (Eu.) (ar^en<a<MS, silvered.) 

 Motella argentata, Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afh., vii, 128, 1838; Greenland; 



young. 

 Motella reinhardti, Khoyer MS., 1852; Collett, Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chr., No. 14, 83, 1878, 



Greenland. 

 Gouchia argentata, GOnther, Cat., iv, 365, 1862. 

 Oiliata argentata. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 241 ; Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast U. S., 



18, 1873. 

 Onos reinhardti, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 241 ; Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast U. S., 18, 



1873; Coi.LETT. Norske Nord-Havs Exp. , 131, 1880; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 797, 



1883; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 128, 1885: Goode &Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 383,1896. 



2935. GAIDROPSARUS SEPTEXTRIOXALIS (Collett). 



Head 4 ; depth 5^ D. .50 ; A. 42 ; P. 16. Three barbels, 2 at the nostrils, 

 1 at the chin, besides a row of about 8 shorter rudimentary barbels along 

 the edge of the upper lip; eye small, i length of snout; cleft of month 



