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line, 7 from last dorsal raj'^; exposed portion of each scale densely 

 packed with numerous well-developed spinules, those near distal 

 margin broader, spear-shaped, becoming narrower near center of 

 scale, spinules strengthened by a longitudinal keel, as in M. nasutus 

 (Giinther); lateral line conspicuous, slightly arched anteriorly; inter- 

 opercle projecting behind margin of preopercle, its distal margin 

 rounded. 



First dorsal spine small, second 1.06 in head, armed with about 24 

 spinules; interdoi-sal space 2.82 in head; insertion of anal under 

 middle of interdorsal space, its rays better developed than those of 

 second dorsal; insertion of ventral in advance of first dorsal, outer 

 ray filamentous, 1.76; pectoral, 1.66. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color dark clove-brown, darkest on beUy, 

 scales with a conspicuous silvery sheen; opercular flap, branchiostegal 

 membranes, and ventrals almost black, other fins dusky . 



Type.— Cat. No. 72936, U.S.N.M., 29.2 cm. in length, taken with 

 a beam trawl at station 5202 (lat. 10° 12' 00'' N.; long. 125° 04' 10" 

 E.), in Sogod Bay, Leyte, at a depth of 502 fathoms, on a bottom of 

 gray mud. 



This species appears to be very closely related to M. nasutus 

 (Gunther) ; the 3 examples in the collection differ from this species 

 in having a comparatively short interdorsal space, vent nearer to 

 base of ventrals than to origin of anal, origin of anal and ventrals 

 more anterior, and 9 ventral rays instead of 10. 



MACROURUS XQXJATORIS Smith and Radclifie, new species. 



Plate 26, fig. 3. 



Dorsal ii, 11-60; anal 70; ventrals 9; pectorals 22. 



Head 4.48 in total length, 1.57 in distance from tip of snout to anal 

 fin, nearly as high as wide, broad and rounded forward, flattened on 

 the crown, subquadrangular in transvei-se section; suborbital ridges 

 and rostral edges moderately prominent; trunk short, compressed, 

 greatest depth at origin of dorsal 5.87 in total length, 2.6 in distance 

 from tip of snout to anal; vent close to origin of anal; tail compressed, 

 rather short (tip slightly mutilated) ; eye 3.62 in head, circular; inter- 

 orbital 4.20, flattened, slightly narrower than eye; snout 3.50, 

 evenly rounded at tip, its width across prenareal angles about equal 

 to its length, tip projecting beyond mouth; mouth small, broader than 

 long, not extending backward beyond vertical from middle of eye; 

 maxillary 3.23; teeth small, subconical, in vflliform bands, outer row 

 of teeth in the upper jaw considerably longer than the others; barbel 

 moderate, equal to 0.5 diameter of eye; scales large, 6 from origin of 

 dorsal to and including lateral line, each scale armed with rather 

 widely separated spinules, the tips projecting considerably beyond 

 margin of scale, these are arranged in horizontal rows ; those project^ 



