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f. Hydeolagus. Eyes large; second dorsal indented; body with 

 white spots. 



j\ Second dorsal deeply indented; caudal filament usually 



short colliei 



j\ Second dorsal scarcely indented ; caudal filament but littlo 



less than rest of body novae zealandiae 



a\ Bathtalopex. No distinct anal fin. 

 A;', Eye large. 



l^. Second dorsal not indented; lateral line straight, en- 

 tire, irregular but not in short waves, 

 wi'. Claspers trifid half their length. 

 n^. Blackish above, clouded lighter, below darl^ 

 sepia; vertical fins nearly black — mitsukurii 



n'. Blackish, with white spots barbouri 



«i^ Claspers divided half their length ; dorsal spine 1% 

 head lengths ; dark brown, fins purplish black. 



africana 

 1". Second dorsal deeply indented ; dark brown. 



0^ Dorsal spine long as head deani 



0^ Dorsal spine IV2 in head mirabilis 



k". Eye moderate; lateral line with short even waves on 

 side ; brownish, with spots and narrow bands. 



ogilbyi 

 Subgenus Chimaera Linnaeus 



CHIMAERA MONSTROSA Linnaeus 



Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 236, 1758 (type 

 locality : Atlantic Ocean) ; ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 401, 1766.— Bloch, Naturg. 

 ausland. Fische, vol. 1, p. 61, pi. 124, 1785 (North Sea). — Bonnateebb, 

 Tableau Encyclop. Ichth., p. 13, pi. 8, fig. 25, 1788 (northern seas.)— Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1488, 1789 (Atlantic and North Sea).— Wal- 

 BAUM, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 587, 1792 (on Bloch). — Lac(epI:de, Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. 1, p. 392, pi. 19, fig. 1, 1798 (northern sea). — Schneideb, 

 Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 349, 1801 (on Linnaeus). — Lay and Bennett, 

 Zool. Beechey's Voy., Fishes, p. 72, pi. 23, fig. 3 (ventral fin and 

 clasper), 1839. — Gray, List fish British Museum, p. 21, 1851 (no locality). — 

 DuMERiL, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 686, pi. 13, figs. 3-4, pi. 14, fig. 1, 

 1865 (Cape of Good Hope). — Guntheb, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 

 349, 1870 (North Atlantic materials). — Goode and Bean, Oceanic ichthy- 

 ology, p. 31 (not. fig. 31) 1895 (compiled). — Gaeaian, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 40, p. 84, 1911 (North Atlantic, to 600 fathoms or more).— 

 RouLE, Res. Comp. Sci. Monaco, vol. 52, p. 126, 1919 ( Azores, 1,165 meters ; 

 west of Fayal, 1,962 m'eters). — Baenard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, 

 pt. 1, p. 94, 1925 (off Cape Point and Saldanha Bay, in 450-500 fathoms). 



Chimaera argentea Ascanius, Icon., vol. 2, p. 6, 1772 (type locality: "On trouve ce 

 poisson depuis Tronhiem jusques au Sund"). 



Chimaera praecisa Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 588, 1792 (on Callorhyn- 

 chus americanus Gronow, Act. Helvet., vol. 3, p. 49, 1772, type locality : 

 American Ocean). 



Chimaera americana Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 360, 1801 (on Gronow 

 1772, type locality : American Ocean ) . 



Chimaera borealis Shaw, General zoology, vol, 5, p. 365, pi. 157, 1804 (type 

 locality : Northern Ocean) . 



