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Tahle of measurements in hundredths of length to anus — Continued. 



Interdorsal space 



Height of second dorsal 



Length of first pectoral ray 



Length of second pectoral ray 



Length of pectoral fin 



Length of outer ventral ray 



Length of second ventral ray 



Soft rays, first dorsal 



Ventral rays 



Pectoral rays 



Scales above lateral line 



Denticulations of dorsal spine 



Gill-rakers, lower limb, second arch 



Paratypes. 



Type. 



36+?6 

 11 



(nig rodor sails, in reference to the black spot on the first dorsal fin.) 



59. VENTRIFOSSA DIVERGENS, new species. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 78230, U.S.N.M.; 270 mm. long to end 

 of tail, 54 mm. to anus; dredged at Albatross station 5592, in the 

 vicinity of Sibuko Bay, Borneo (lat. 4° 12' 44" N.; long. 118° 27' 44" 

 E.) ; depth, 305 fathoms; bottom temperature 43.3° F. The largest 

 paratypes are about 66 mm. long to anus. 



List of paratypes. 



1 The shallowness and warmth of the water at this station (5310) is unusual for tins species, as well as lor 

 Hymcnocephalus nascens. 



Fin-rays — first dorsal, II, 9 (3 specimens), II, 10 (15), or II, 

 11 (8) ; pectorals, 23 (to 21) ; ventrals, 8 (11 fins) or 9 (9 fins). 



The greatest depth of the body lies below the elevated origin of 

 the first dorsal fin, and is contained 1.25 times in the head; the 

 greatest width of the body is half its depth. The snout is broadly 

 triangular when viewed from above; viewed from the side it is seen 

 to project forward beyond the mouth a distance equal to the diameter 

 of the large pupil; preocular length of snout 3.8 in head; the pre- 



