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teeth 2 above, 2 below, edges of each tooth strongly concave, more or 

 less ridges at inner surface, and lower teeth much longer than upper ; 

 3 elongate tritors on each of vomerine dental laminae, 1 anterior, 2 

 posterior and large one at inner basal wall of each lower tooth; 

 nostrils large, close together, confluent with mouth corners. 



Lateral line wavy from anterior to second dorsal origin, less so 

 hindward, nearly straight behind middle of second dorsal; an up- 

 ward curve below dorsal spine and a gentle downward curve above 

 origin, running posteriorly along base of subcaudal. 



First dorsal spine li/io in head, strong erectile spine keeled in front 

 and grooved, serrated at hind edge of terminal portion and followed 

 by low dermal fold ; fin triangular, short, deep, arises directly behind 

 head; low second dorsal uniformly high, begins just behind tip of 

 depressed dorsal spine, 3 times long as head, not indented on upper 

 edge, reaches supracaudal origin; anal small, rises slowly, separated 

 from subcaudal by narrow notch ; caudal fin low, rises slowly in front 

 gradually descends behind; pectoral li/4 times head, width 1% in 

 length, extends beyond ventral base; ventral inserted little behind 

 second dorsal origin, premedian in fish. 



Color in formalin pale, somewhat dusky on dorsal side. Body 

 with dark, longitudinal broken streaks, darker along lateral line. 

 Fins grayish silvery. 



Length, 980 mm. (Fang and Wang.) 



China. Said to be very closely related to Chimaera monstrosa of 

 the Atlantic, differing in having 3 tritors on each vomerine instead 

 of 5 to 7, and one more on inner wall of each tooth of lower jaw. 



CHIMAERA PHANTASMA Jordan and Snyder 



Chimaera phantasma Jordan and Sntdee, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, p. 

 338, 1900 (type locality: Tokyo); Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 43, 1901 

 (Nagasaki; Goto Is.; Yeso; Yokohama).— Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 670, 1903 (type).— Dean, Journ. Coll. Sei. Tokyo, vol.19, 

 art. 3, p. 3, pi. 1, figs. 3-4, 1904 (Misaki).— Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 27, p. 223, fig. 1, 1904 (type).— Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 40, p. 87, 1911 (Sagami Bay).— H. M. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 42, p. 231, 1912 (Verde Island Passage; northern Mindanao). — 

 izuKA and Matsuuka, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus. Vertebrata, p. 185, 

 1920 (Tokyo market). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, 

 p. 116, 1925 (Osaka market; Sagami Bay). — Mori, Journ. Pan Pacific Res. 

 Inst., vol. 3, p. 3, 1928 (Mokpo, Korea).— Lin, Sci. Rep. Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., 

 ser. B, vol. 1, p. 173, figs. 15-15a, 1932 (Tsingtao).— Tanaka, Jap. Fish. Life 

 Colours, No. 37, 1933. — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila, Tech. 

 Bull. 6, p. 17, 1937 (reference). 



Chimaera monstrosa (not Linnaeus) Schlegex, in Siebold's Fauna Japonica, 

 Poiss., pt. 15, p. 30O, pi. 132, 1850 (lies Goto).— Bleeker Verh. Batav. 

 Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 25, p. 21, 1853 (Goto, Japan). — Schmidt, Trans. 

 Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 11, p. 16, 1931 (Misaki; Nagasaki; 

 compared with North Sea and Palermo materials). 



