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most strongly and is longest. Width of iuterorbital area a little greater 

 than horizontal diameter of orltit and length of operculum; snout trian- 

 gular, depressed, its tip in axis of body nearly on a level with lower mar- 

 gin of eye, its lower surface forming an angle with the body axis, about 

 equal to that formed with same by its upper proiile; superior ridge pro- 

 nounced anteriorly, but ending in advance of concavity in iuterorbital 

 space; lateral ridges i)rominent, continuing posteriorly to eye, with 

 strong angular projections in front of nostrils; no ridges continued from 

 supraorbital region; nostrils rather close to eye; barliel shorter tban eye; 

 tip of lower jaw under anterior nostril; cleft of mouth under posterior 

 margin of orbit; under surface of head naked, with the exce])tion of a 

 few minute, spiny tubercles on under surface of mandible; suborbital 

 ridge very slightly developed ; the intermaxillary a long bone, nearly as 

 long as the maxillary ; mouth large; teeth on intermaxillary in a double 

 series, those of the outer series much largeithan the inner; teeth in man- 

 dible uniserial. Dorsal spine strongly serrated; distance of first dorsal 

 from snout equal to nearly 4 times length of its base, its distance from 

 anterior margin of orbit equal to length of head; first spine minute, 

 second strongly serrated, nearly f length of head, when laid down is far 

 from reaching origin of second dorsal; when the fin is erect its superior 

 margin is nearly at right angles to plane of back and slightly convex ; 

 distance between dorsals twice length of base of first, the second begin- 

 ning in the perpendicular from fifth ray of anal; anal about 3 times as 

 high as second dorsal; vent under thirtieth scale of lateral line directly 

 in advance of the anal and at a distance from ventral considerably greater 

 than length of that fin; distance of pectoral from snout slightly more 

 than length of head, its length less than that of dorsal spine, slightly 

 more than \ its distance from the snout, its insertion (ui)per axil) in mid- 

 dle line of body ; insertion of ventral under that of pectoral, slightly in 

 advance of that of dorsal, its first ray not greatly prolonged, about \ 

 length of distance of fin from snout; branchiostegal membrane narrowly 

 attached to the isthmus, leaving no free margin behind ; gill rakers very 

 small tubercles, only 10 below angle on first arch. Color dark reddish 

 brown, spines upon the scales with a metallic luster; young with 3 stel- 

 late bosses upon snout, 1 at tip, 1 at some distance upon each side. Length 

 of specimen described 322 millimeters. (Goode & Bean.) Gulf Stream, 

 from Cape Cod to Havana; generally abundant. (Named for George 

 Brown Goode.) 



Macruru» asper, Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, No. 5, 196, 1883, Gulf Stream 

 south of New England, Lat. 41° 24' 25'' N., Long. 65° 35' 30" W., in 1,242 fathoms; 

 name preoeiupicd hy Macrurus asper, Gunther; Jordan, Cat., 131, 1885. 



Macrurus goodei, Gunther, Challenger Report, xxn, 136, 1887; substitute ior Macrurus 

 asper. 



Hymenocephalus goodei, Goode &. Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 407, fig. 340, 1896. 



2947. XEMATONURUS SUBORBITALIS (Gill & Townsend). 



Head 5i; depth 5f; eye 5 in head; snout 4|; maxillary 2f. D. 12-85; 

 A. 102; P. 19; V. 11. Mouth wholly inferior; scales closely adherent and 

 rather large, mostly short and roundish, with considerable exposed sur- 



