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MACROURUS LUCIFER Smith and RadclifiEe, new species. 

 Plate 24, fig. 1. 



Dorsal ii,ll-140; anal about 175; ventrals 7; pectorals 18. 



Head 6.50 in total length, 1.25 in distance from tip of snout to anal 

 fin, short, compressed, blunt anteriorly, its greatest depth nearly 

 equaling its length, breadth 1.78 in its length; region over anterior 

 part of eye slightly concave, strongly arched posteriorly; body deep, 

 compressed, region in front of dorsal strongly arched, greatest depth 

 at origin of dorsal, 6 in total length; vent slightly nearer first anal 

 ray than insertion of ventrals; tail long, slender, tapering posteriorly; 

 eye 2.91 in head, circular, longer than snout; interorbital 2.58, 

 slightly convex, wider than eye; snout 3.53, short, blunt, evenly 

 rounded, sHghtly projecting beyond mouth; supranarial and sub- 

 orbital ridges very mconspicuous; anterior nostril circular, with 

 slightly raised margin, posterior slit-like; mouth moderate, as broad 

 as long; maxillary 2.58, reaching vertical from middle of pupil; 

 teeth small, subcorneal, not very closely set, outer row in upper jaw 

 scarcely enlarged; barbel short, rather stout, equal to diameter of 

 pupil; scales small, about 14 from origin of dorsal to and including 

 lateral line, 10 from last dorsal ray to and including lateral line, 

 exposed portion of each scale armed mth many small, slender, hair- 

 like prickles; a conspicuous pearly, lens-Uke body, about .75 pupil, 

 embedded on the ventral surface between base of ventrals. 



Tip of snout to origin of dorsal 5.41 in total length; first dorsal 

 spine minute, second dorsal spine 1.34, curved, armed, except for a 

 short distance at base, with many small, pointed, spinules; longest 

 dorsal ray 1.26; interdorsal space 2.40; rays of second dorsal incon- 

 spicuous anteriorly, more distinct posteriorly; anal better developed, 

 its origin under base of first ray of first dorsal; ventrals 3.04, small, 

 tips reaching beyond iasertion of anal ; pectoral 1 .42. 



Color in alcohol : Back fawn-color; sides wood-brown ; dorsal dusky, 

 a large black spot on distal margin; second dorsal and anal cream 

 anteriorly, distal 0.4 blackish; ventrals, region around lumkious organ 

 and vent, blackish; pectorals dusky. 



Type.—Csit. No. 72929, U.S.N.M., 21.7 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5516 (lat. 8° 46' 00'' N.; long. 123° 32' 30" E.), 

 near Point Tagolo, Mindanao, at a depth of 175 fathoms, on a bottom 

 of globigerina ooze. 



Eight examples were taken at station 5519 at a depth of 182 

 fathoms. 



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