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ing backward to posterior margin of eye; the trilobate tip of illicium 

 entirely closing tentacular aperture, the two lower lobes thick and 

 fleshy, the upper thinner, membranous, with a series of short fda- 

 ments along its outer edge; skin soft, covered with small prickles. 



Insertion of dorsal nearer tip of caudal than posterior margin of 

 eye, its base nearly reaching base of caudal; caudal 1.93; anal small, 

 its base nearly reaching base of caudal; ventrals 6.44, small, slightly 

 more than one-third length of pectorals; pectorals 2.23. 



Color in alcohol: Anterior half of head, body behind gill-openings, 

 vertical fins and pectorals cream color; rest of head clove brown, darkest 

 on ventral surface; basal half of ventrals brown, tips white; a slight 

 brownish shade on anterior pectoral rays distally. 



Type.— C&t. No. 70277, U.S.N.M., 5.1 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5658 (lat. 3° 32' 40" S.; long. 120° 31' 30" E.), 

 Gulf of Boni, Celebes, at a depth of 5 1 fathoms, on a bottom of gray mud. 



This species closely resembles C. hrevicaudata of Brauer, but differs 

 in having the head much shorter and deeper. The collection contains 

 a single other example from station 5238, east coast of Mindanao, 

 taken at a depth of 380 fathoms, on a bottom of green mud. 



CfELOPHRYS OBLONGA Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 

 Plate 25, fig. 1; plate 26, fig. 3; plate 27, fig. 3. 



Dorsal 5; caudal 9; anal 4; ventral 5; pectoral 15. 



Head narrow, elongate, not disk-lilce, nearly as high as wide, 

 length measured to anterior margin of gill-opening 1.55, breadth 2.93 

 (1.89 in its length), depth 2.22 in its length; body tapering, its breadth 

 at gill-opening about one-half breadth head at base of pectoral, 

 its length exclusive of caudal 2.82; eye 7, small; snout 4.90; mouth 

 large, oblique, jaws subequal; teeth in jaws villiform; palate and 

 tongue edentulous; maxillary 3.26; nostrils small, on anterior margin 

 of rostrum opposite middle of eye; interorbital 4.23, broad, flat; 

 rostrum very small, not elevated; tentacular cavity very small and 

 shallow, trilobate tip of illicium entirely closing the aperture; tuber- 

 cles small, closely packed, each capped with a long slender prickle; 

 those along margin of disk bifid or multifid; prickles so small and 

 numerous as to give a furry appearance to the skin, those on ventral 

 surface slightly smaller than on the dorsal; subopercular processes 

 and rostral spine obsolete. 



Insertion of dorsal midway between tip of snout and tip of caudal, 

 rays very slender; caudal 1.63, margin slightly rounded; anal base 

 entirely behind base of dorsal; ventrals 2.72, small, about three-fifths 

 length of pectorals; pectorals 1.75, reaching base of caudal. 



Color in alcohol: Dusky olivaceous; fins with blackish margins, 

 central basal portion whitish, except the ventrals, which are black. 



Type.— Cat. No. 70278, U.S.N.M., 5.3 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5607 (lat. 0° 04' 00" S. ; long. 121° 36' 00" E.), 

 near Binang Unang Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes, in 761 fathoms, 

 on a bottom of fine sand. 



