78G C0NTKII5UTI0XS TO NORTH AMERICAN TCIITIIYOLOGY IV. 
above, the profile abruptly deeurved; u])per jaw extending far beyond 
the lower; cheeks very full and protuberant; teeth of both jaws iu a 
single series except at the sj’uiphysis; a few teeth clustered at the head 
of the vomer; palatines with a single series; teeth very stout, recurved 
and sharply pointed ; scales covering the entire body and extending on 
the bases of the vertical fins ; head and pectoral fins scaleless ; dorsal fin 
inserted at less than one-fourth the entire length from the snout. Head 
7; depth 17. D. 110; A. 100. {Goode ik Bean.) Le Have Banks. 
(Gooclc A Bean, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 44.) 
1201. h. Goode. & Bean. 
Light grayish brown above; below, pearly white; sides with irregular 
brown patches bisected by the lateral line ; abdominal region livid blue; 
a spot of brown on the tip of tail. Body very elongate. Head much 
depressed; niaxillary nearly reaching posterior margin of orbit; upper 
jaw much the longer; profile veiy convex, snout obtusely rounded 
above. Head 5j; depth about 13. I). 1)2; A. 88. {Goode & Bean.) 
Coast of Massachusetts and northward, in deep water. 
(Goode and Bean, Aiuer. Jonrn. Sei; Arts, xiv, 1878, 474.) 
aa. Body moderately elongate, its depth C-10 times in the length. 
I‘i05. L. vaiili Keinhardr. 
Brownish yellow, with O' blackish cross-bands extending on the dor- 
sal fin and confluent on the belly ; the first cross-band on and below the 
anterior dorsal rays, the second above the vent; adults nearly uniform 
blackish. Head nearly twice as long as high; snout long, the maxil- 
lary reaching to opposite middle of eye; distance of vent from ventrals 
nearly equal to length of head; ventral fins less than one-fourth as long 
as pectorals; vertical fins scaly; body wholly scaly. Head la; depth 
8. E). 110; A. 93; V. 1; vert. 25 -j- 87. North Atlantic. {Gunther.) 
(Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandi. vii, 153, 1838; Gunther, iv", 319; Gill, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(53, 200.) 
1206. ffj, esmaa-ki Ccilett. 
Brownish black, tvith a whitish-yellow patch on the nape, and 5-8 
transverse bauds of the same color across the dorsal and itosteriorly 
across the anal, these bands becoming broken into annular spots, with 
age. Body behind front of dorsal scaled; vertical fins scaly; nape 
scaly; snout obtuse; maxillary not more than half head; laterid line 
ludistinct, divided; iiectorals 8 in length. Head 4J; depth 8. I). 110; 
