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22. CAREPROCTUS CURILANUS, new species. 

 Plate 47, fig. 1 . 



Tyjpe.—CoX. No. 73341, U.S.N.M. A male, 72 mm. long, from sta- 

 tion 4803, oiT Simushir Island, Japan; depth 229 fathoms. 



^[ea.surements in hundredths of lenj^th without caudal (GO mm.): 

 Length of head 22.5; greatest \vidth of head 10; interorbilal width 

 4.2; width at upper margin of pupils JO; width at angles of mouth 

 11.5; distance from tip of snout to front of or])it S; diameter of eye 

 8; distance from tip of snout to end of maxillary 8.5; length of gill 

 slit 4; greatest depth of body 10; distance from tip of snout to 

 front of disk 13; to anus 21.5; to front of anal fni 34; to front of 

 dorsal 24; diameter of disk 8; distanee di.sk to anus 2; longest 

 pectoral ray of upper lobe 15; of lower lobe 15; shortest ray in 

 notch 5. 



Doi-sal 49; anal 43; pectoral 34; caudal 10. 



Body as in C. ectenes, depressed anteriorly, elongate. Head de- 

 pressed, its width gi'eater than its depth; occiput flattened; ciieeks 

 slightly swollen; snout depressed, jDrojecting slightly beyond the 

 mouth ; nostril in a well developed tube, 

 on level of upper line of pupil; eye 

 large, the pupil large and round; mouth 

 small, transverse; maxillary reacliing 

 vertical from anterior margin of pupil. 

 Teeth in broad bands, rather slender, 

 with well developed lateral lobes. Gill 

 slit extending doNvn in front of one or pm. is.-RELAmE size and position 



two pectoral raVS. of vent and disk of Careproctus 



Anterior doi"sal rajns slightly or not at 

 all shortened, the tips projecting freely. Caudal short, truncate; its 

 connection to the anal equal to about two-fifths its lengtli; no dorsal 

 or anal notch. Pectoral notched, the lower lobe composed of nine 

 rays and reaching slightly past vent. Disk moderate, not deeply 

 cupped, with a very small center and a broad flap; vent close behind 

 disk. (Fig. 15.) 



Skin transparent; the body pale, dusted with dark brown dots; 

 mouth and gill cavity pale; peritoneum \vith very flue black dots. 

 In life, deep red, \vith shght brownish tinge, especially on head; 

 belly purplish or blue. 



Related to C. ectenes; distinguished by the greater number of rays 

 in the pectoral, the lighter coloration, a larger disk, aud the gill 

 opening extending down in front of the pectoral. 



A single cotype was taken at the same station as the type. 



