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Spinous dorsal brownish terniinall3\ Upper soction of pectoral gray- 

 ish, with 4 rather ill defined transverse dark or blackish bands. Ven- 

 tral with outer portions of third and fourth membranes each with 

 a dark brown bar. 



Figure 56. — Dia-iphistes macrorhynchus, new genus, new species. Type. 



Type.—V.S.'^M. no. 98875. (2222.) D. 5519. Point Tagolo 

 Light, S. 71° W., 8.7 miles (lat. 8^47' N., long. 123°31'15" E.). In 

 182 fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 159 mm. 



Diagnosis contained in that of its genus. 



(jxaKpos, long+piiyxos, snout.) 



DIXIPHICHTHYS, new genus 



Type. — Dlxiphichthys hoplites., new species. 



Body elongately ovate, well compressed. Head moderate, rather 

 well compressed. Snout moderate, depressed, shorter than rest of 

 head. Eye moderate, elevated, impinging on upper profile, largely 

 with anterior portion in posterior half of head. Mouth moderate, 

 terminal, low, nearly horizontal. Maxillary not quite reaching eye, 

 well expanded behind and slips below preorbital. Interorbital deeply 

 concave. Nostrils small, well separated and posterior midway in 

 snout length. Gill rakers long, lanceolate. Gill opening wide, ex- 

 tends forward w^ell before eye. Head largely with surfaces of bone 

 rugose striate. Each side of snout a long, flat, slender, acuminate 

 spine, at least little over half of rest of head. Ridge of suborbital 

 stay well marked, entire, or without spines. Long, strong spine back 

 from each side of occiput. Opercular spine small. Short, strong 

 humeral spine. Along base of spinous dorsal row' of scabrous scales, 

 small and each with short pointed spine. No bucklers along base of 

 soft dorsal, though each ray with a small, short basal spine each 

 side. Lateral line complete, high along side, composed of rather 

 large tubes. Dorsal spines 8, slender, fin little less than half of soft 

 dorsal. Anal opposite soft dorsal, similar. Caudal nearly truncate. 

 Pectoral very long, reaches % to caudal base ; fin in 2 sections, with 



