632 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvl 



27. DEANIA EGLANTINA Jordan and Snyder. 



Dmnia ajlantina JoiwAX and Hxydkk, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miih., XXV, 1902, ].. SO; 

 Totomi Bay. 



Head H ill length; depth aWout !»r, snout about 2 in hoad; eye 4f ; 

 2(5 ill snout; 2 in width of snout; 3f in space from tip of snout to 

 mouth; space l)etween spiracles if in width of snout. 



Body rather elongate, slender; scales each with short, ))ush-like 

 si)incs^ with two small prickles on each side, whole body having- a kind i 

 of hairy appearance. 



Head large, greatly depressed; snout long, depressed, broad; eyesij 

 large, lateral, anterior margin nearer tip of snout than gill-opening; .| 

 skin around eyes more or less loose, free; nostrils large, on lower side I 

 of snout laterally, about midway betw-een tip of snout and eye; mouth 

 opening below posterior part of eye, rather l)road; lips moderately, 

 fleshy; teeth small, compressed, with a small basal cusp; ^.piracies , 

 rather large, nearer eye than flrst gill-opening, space between a littlelj 

 more than length of snout. Gill-openings in front of base of pectoral, | 

 largest al)out half eye. 



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a b 



Fig. I.— Dkania eui.antina. a. ui>i.cr jaw; \k Iciwri- jaw, <■, si-alc (iimcli enlarged.) 



Dorsal tins each with a spine, ))ase of first a little behind tip oi 

 pectoral, rather short, sharply pointed, and projecting little abo\( 

 skin; second dorsal spine nearly as high as tin, upper half exposed 

 pectorals about equal to snout; ventrals small, po.sterior, entirely 

 in front of second dor.sal spine; caudal elongate, lower lobe littkj 

 produced. 



Color in spirits, uniform grayish-brown. 



This description from the original type, a young female from Totomi 

 12 inches in length, dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission steame 



{eglcmttjins^ the brier lo.se.) 



26. ZAMEUS Jordan and Fo>A'ler, new genus. 

 Zameuft Jordan and Fowler, new geiuis {■'•■(juamuluifUK). 

 Dor.sal tins each with a small, partly concealed spine; no anal tin 

 mouth wide, little arched; a long, deep, straight, oblique groove oi 



