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spines from point where joining soft rays to tip; second dorsal con- 

 tinuous with first by low membrane, separated from caudal by notch, 

 second dorsal length 3% in total length, uniformly high; upper 

 caudal and subcaudal similar, both little lower than second dorsal, 

 origin of subcaudal about last fifth of second dorsal; pectoral 5l^ 

 in total, reaches ventral, width 2% its length; ventral 8%? front and 

 hind claspers well developed, each of latter ending in rounded knob 

 with small terminal papillae, divisions of hind claspers y^ their 

 length. 



Body dark brown, fins purplish black. Length not given. (Gil- 

 christ.) 



Natal coast. 



CHIMAERA DEANI H. M. Smith and Radcliffe 



Chimaera dcani (H. M. Smith and Radcliffe) H. M. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 42, p. 232, pi. 29, 1912 (type locality: lat. 13°45'15" N., long. 



120°46'30" E., off Sombrero Island, west coast of Luzon, in 236 fathoms). 

 Chimaera daeni Roxas and Maktin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila, Tech. Bull. 6, 



p. 17, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 51^ to supracaudal origin; head 4l^. Snout 2y^ in head, 

 obtuse, profiles alike; eye 2i/^, elevated, subequal with snout; mouth 

 opposite front eye edge, hind angle of jaws opposite hind pupil edge, 

 or its length Zy^ in head; interorbital moderate, forms slight con- 

 vexity in upper profile of head above front of eye. 



Lateral line axial and continuous, deflected little behind supracau- 

 dal origin ; with continuous forward loop around eye on side of head. 



Dorsal spine inserted close behind gill opening, long as head, feebly 

 and sparsely serrated on upper or terminal half, fin height Zy^ in fish 

 to supracaudal origin; interdorsal notch very narrow; second dorsal 

 height anteriorly ^Yio in head, twice its height posteriorly; supra- 

 caudal height 8 in head; caudal filament elongated, slender, little 

 longer than space between snout tip and supracaudal origin; no 

 anal; pectoral 2%, width 2 in its length, hind edge convex; ventral 

 11/1 in head, hind edge little concave. 



Uniform blackish brown. 



Philippines. 



This species differs from Chimaera mirahilis in the smaller eye, 

 higher first dorsal with longer and more slender spine, more elevated 

 second dorsal, less extensive subcaudal, longer pectoral, and different 

 coloration. 



U. S. N. M. No. 72284. Lat. 13°45'15" N., long. 120°46'30" E., off Sombrero 

 Island, west coast of Luzon, in 236 fathoms. Albatross Expedition. Length, 

 19.5 cm, from snout tip to supracaudal origin, 23.5 cm. from supracaudal 

 origin to end of caudal filament. Type. 



