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mandibular teeth conical, strong, biserial at front of jaw with tho 

 inner row continued backward as canines. Peritoneum blackish. Tha 

 coloration of head, body, and fins is described in item Qa of the key 

 (p. 475). 



Measurements in thousandths of the standard length for the holo- 

 type and (in parentheses) for 9 paratypes 53 to 304 mm long: 

 Greatest depth, 173 (163-219) ; distance from tip of snout to origin 

 of soft doi-sal, 353 (328-366) ; to origin of spinous dorsal, 281 

 (260-300) ; from tip of chin to anus, 451 (385-430) ; length of head, 

 286 (2T0-310) ; interorbital width, 88 (68-95) ; length of orbit, 36 

 (36-60) ; of upper jaw, 150 (140-159) ; of snout, 78 (64-87) ; distance 

 from tip of lower jaw to anteriormost point of the U-shaped forward 

 extension of the branchiostegal row of photophores, 62 (47-62) ; be- 

 tween the nearly parallel ventral rows of photophores, 33 (23-33) ; 

 from anus to anterior extension of ventral row of photophores, 199 

 (165-195) ; height of pectoral arch of pleural row of photophores, 38 

 (23-44) ; length of this arch, 118 (9^148). 



Measurements of 9 paratypes 53 to 304 mm long, stepped into stand- 

 ard length: Greatest depth, 4.&-6.1; length of head, 3.2-3.7. Height 

 of pectoral arch of the pleural row of photophores in length of arch, 

 2.8-4.2; least distance between ventral rows, 4.9-6.5 in distance from 

 anus to anterior tip of that row ; distance from tip of chin to anterior 

 tip of branchiostegal row, 3.6-6.5 in head. 



The following paratypes of Ponchthys mynaster are deposited in 

 the National Museum: U.S.N.M. no. 17046, Santa Barbara, Calif.; 

 nos. 24814, 24863, 24881, 26805, 31349, 34757, 34777, 54738, 54748, 

 54749, 54757, 54760, 54764, and 62409, all from "San Diego" or San 

 Diego Bay, Calif.; no. 103431, from latitude 32°34'30" N., longitude 

 117°18'45'' W. 



The following paratypes of Ponchthys myriaster are deposited in 

 the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan : No. 63610, Anaheim 

 Bay, Calif.; 64146, off Mira Mar Pier, Calif.; 64148, 34°21'20" N., 

 119°31'20" W.; 64149, 32°36'00" N., 117°13'15" W.; 86050 and 

 105489, Turtle Bay, Lower California ; 80829, Magdalena Bay, Lower 

 California; 115795, San Pedro, Calif.; 115820, from 34°17'20" N., 

 120°13'00" W.; 115821, Carpenteria to Rhicon, Calif.; 115822, 

 34°27'30" N., 120°11'20" W.; 115823, 34°27'00" N., 120°03'30" W. 



myriaster^ from yuOptds, myriad + aarrip, star, referring to tho 

 multitudinous photophores, which when active shine like stars. 



PORICHTHYS NOTATUS Girard 



Porichthys notatus *Giiuvbd, 1855a, p. 141 (original description) ; 1855b, p. 151 

 (records) ; *18o8, pp. 134-136 (description, records) ; *1859, p. 50, pi. 25 

 (diagnosis, figure of type). — Suckley, 1860, p. 356 (diagnosis; Fort Steila- 

 coom, Puget Sound). — * Jordan and Stakks, 1895, p. 840 (natural history; 



