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Chitnaera mediterranea Risso, Hist. Nat. Euroi)e m^rid., Poissons, vol. 3, p. 

 168, 1826 (type locality: Nice). 



Chimaera cristata Fabek, Nat. Fische Islands, p. 45, 1829 (type locality: 

 Iceland). 



(^himaera arctica Gistel, Naturg. Thierreichs, vol. 8, p. 103, 1848 (type lo- 

 cality: Northern Seas). 



Callorynchus centrina Gray, Cat. Fish Gronow, vol. 2, p. 15, 1854 (type lo- 

 cality: American Ocean). 



Callorynchus atlanticus Gray, Cat. Fish Gronow, vol. 2, p. 16, 1854 (type 

 locality: Atlantic Seas). 



Chimaera vaillanti Dean, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. No. 32, p. 7, 1906 

 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope). 



Depth 71/3 to 8I/2 in total length ; head 61/2 to 714. Snout 214 to 

 2% in head; mouth before eye; vomerine dental plates with 5 to 7 

 tritors; interorbital low. Gill rakers 12 short points. 



Lateral line irregular though without distinct even waves. 



First dorsal inserted over hind gill opening edge, spine ly^ to 

 1% in head, front and hind edges jBnely serrated and fin joined with 

 second dorsal by low fold; second dorsal 2% to 2% in total, uni- 

 formly low; anal slightly less than eye, in male little before supra- 

 caudal and in female encroaches below front of supracaudal; in 

 male subcaudal little longer than supracaudal, in female subequal; 

 caudal filament 3% to 4 in rest of body; pectoral 5 to 5% in total, 

 reaches ventral bases, width 2 in its length; ventral I14 to II/2 in 

 head, triangularly pointed. 



Back reddish brown, lighter or darker. Sides mostly silvery, 

 shading to blue above, below white. Under silvery luster of sides dor- 

 sal color spreads in curious figures, oblong spots, arranged in longitu- 

 dinal rows, sinuous, indefinite patches kind of marbled pattern thus 

 formed. Silvery lateral line marked by brown edges. Iris golden 

 or silvery, pupil greenish. Vertical fins like back, caudal with black 

 margin more or less forward along second dorsal and upper hind 

 edge of first dorsal. Paired fins like back, anterior or under surface 

 lighter with rays of ashy gray. Inside mouth and pharynx more 

 or less black, tongue and branchial arches yellowish. Said to reach 

 1,200 mm. (Smitt.) 



South Africa. Also North and middle Atlantic and Mediter- 

 ranean. 



2 examples. A.N.S.P. Italy. C. L. Bonaparte. No. 252. Articulated skele- 

 tons. 



CHIMAERA PSEUDOMONSTROSA Fang and Wang 



Chimaera pseudomonstrosa Fang and Wang, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, 

 vol. 8, p. 280, fig. 28, 1932 (type locality: Tsingtau). 



Depth subequal with head length; head 5 or less to subcaudal 

 origin, width 2 in its length. Snout 2% in head ; eye 4i/^, 2 in snout, 

 greater than interorbital; mouth small, inferior, with thick lips; 



