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two-fifths, and the inter orbitiil .space somewhat more than half the 

 eye. The base of the dorsal exceeds its height, the latter two-thirds 

 the head; the insertion of the anal is approximately in the vertical 

 from the teeth to the twelfth dorsal ray. and its middle is slightly 

 behind the ultimate ray of the dorsal; tht> distance of the insertion of 

 the pectoral to the snout is equal to the length of the base of the anal ; 

 the ventral is inserted under the axil of the pectoral, reaching the 

 anal; caud:il s:ronglv forked. Length, 87 cm. (about 14^ inches). 

 (Description after Giinther, Steindachner, Goode, Bean, Doderlein.) 



Deep seas; recorded from Portugal, Madeira, Japan, and. Cuba. No 

 Japanese specinjens ^een by us. 



{6tKa^ ten; daKTvXag^ linger.) 



2. BERYX SPLENDENS Lowe. 



KIMMEDAI (GULI)P:N-KYE PERCH). 



Beryx splendens Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, p. 142; Madeira. — (toode 

 and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p. 176. — Steindachner and Doderlein, 

 Fische Japans, I, 1883, p. 12; Tokyo. — Jordan and Evermann, Fish N. and 

 M. Amer., I, 1896, p. 844.— Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 62; 

 Yokohama. 



Head, 3; depth, 2|; D. IV, 13; A. IV, 27 to 29; P. I, 16 to 17; V, 

 10 to 11. Scales 10-7-l:-18, counted in the lateral line. Bod}^ elon- 

 gate, compressed, and the deepest part forward; covered with mod- 

 erate-sized scales, which are furnished with fine prickles, giving a 

 somewhat rough touch. Head large, compressed, and many of the 

 ridges or edges of the bones roughened or finely serrate; eve very 

 large in front of the head above, li^ in the maxillary and 2| in the 

 head; upper profile of the head slightly convex from the tip of the 

 snout; snout very l)lunt; lower jaw produced; mouth very oblique, so 

 that the tip of the snout is level with the middle of the eye; the nos- 

 trils close together on the snout in front of the eye; the posterior 

 larger; the maxillary is expanded distally for a little more than half 

 an eye dianu^ter and does not reach to the margin of the eye behind; 

 teeth of the jaws very fine and in bands; a short spine in front of the 

 eye directed backward; symphysis with a slight knob below in front; 

 snout a little less than half the eye and 1^ in the interorbital space; 

 interorbital space fiat; gill-opening very large, the membrane free 

 from the isthnnis; gill-rakers long and slender, 6-16, the longest 

 equal to half the eye. Dorsal spines weak, graduated to the fourth, 

 which is the longest, though falling short of the first ray, which is the 

 highest of the dorsal fin; the origin of the anal falls below the base of 

 the posterior dorsal ray, the spines graduated to the third, which is 

 the longest; soft anal highest at the first ray, then sloping down till 

 about half as high, so that the posterior part of the fin is of uniform 

 height; pectorals very long, equal to the base of the soft anal and 



