FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 493 



CHIMAERA JORDANI Tanaka 



Chimaera jordani Tanaka, Journ. College Sci. Tokyo, vol. 20, art. 2, p. 2, pi. 1, 

 fig. 1, 1905 (type locality: Off Idzu, Sagami Sea) ; Fishes of Japan, vol. 1, 

 pi. 10, fig. 30, 1911 (type). — Izuka and Matsutjba, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo 

 Mus. Yertebrata, p. 186, 1920 (Manazuru). 



Chhnaera purpurascens (not Jordan and Snyder) Gakman, Mem. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 40, p. 86, 1911 (part). 



Depth 6% in total; head 69/io. Snout 2l^ in head, obtusely convex; 

 eye 3%, 1% in snout ; mouth close before eye ; teeth confluent, 5 or 6 

 rods in each lamina above, margin sinuate and slightly convex ; man- 

 dibular plates included within upper; interorbital 414 to 5 in head, 

 rather low. 



Lateral line straight along side of body, almost without any sinua- 

 tion. 



First dorsal inserted over gill opening, spine 6% in total length, 

 with median keel and smooth anteriorly, grooved behind with 

 terminal third with recurved spinules, fin continuous with second 

 dorsal by low fold ; second dorsal length 2^ in total length uniformly 

 high ; anal with hind notch separating subcaudal little behind upper 

 notch, length 3I/2 iii second dorsal length; upper caudal lobe little 

 shorter though similar to subcaudal; pectoral 4% in total, reaches 

 little beyond ventral origin, width 2% its length ; ventral 1% in head ; 

 clasper of male trifid, divided to % its length. 



Uniformly dark brown. Length, 900 mm. (Tanaka.) 



Japan. 



CHIMAERA OWSTONI Tanaka 



Chimaera owstoni Tanaka, Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, vol. 20, art. 2, p. 10, pi. 1, 

 figs. 2-^, 1905 (type locality: Sagami Bay) ; Fishes of Japan, vol. 1, p. 18, 

 pi. 5, figs. 17-18, 1911 (types). — Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, 

 p. 86, 1911 (compUed). 



Depth 6xV in total; head QY^. Snout 2 in head, obtusely convex; 

 eye 3-%, 1% in snout; mouth before eye; 6 rods in front plate of 

 upper jaw, edge of plate sinuate and slightly convex; each lower 

 lamina with 2 concavities more or less sinuate in margin; inter- 

 orbital 41/^ in head. 



Lateral line finely sinuate on body anteriorly, more pronounced 

 behind ventrals. 



Dorsal spine equals head, front surface smooth with median keel, 

 hind edge with recurved spinules little less half its length, inserted % 

 eye diameter behind gill opening and joined with second dorsal by 

 low fold ; second dorsal 214 in total, uniformly high ; anal separated 

 from subcaudal by notch opposite hind edge of second dorsal, fin 

 length about ^Yi in second dorsal ; subcaudal little longer and deeper 

 than supracaudal, though little lower than second dorsal; pectoral 



