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pores are visible posterior to this point. A long slender cirrus, about 

 equal to diameter of pupil, at upper posterior margin of orbit; two 

 similar cirri in line behind this, one on the middle of frontoparietal 

 ridge and one at its posterior end; a single slender cirrus near 

 posterior end of opercle; no cirri on body. 



Table 4. — Measurements of holoUjpe of Stlegicottus xenogrammus 



Measurement 



Standard length 



Origin of first dorsal to pelvic base 



Origin of second dorsal to anal origin 



Least depth of caudal peduncle 



Distance between dorsal ends of pectoral bases 



Length of head 



Diameter of orbit 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



Snout to origin of first dorsal 



Base of first dorsal 



Snout to origin of second dorsal 



Base of second dorsal 



Snout to anal origin 



Base of anal 



Snout to dorsal end of pectoral base 



Snout to ventral end of pectoral base 



Width of pectoral base 



Snout to pelvic base 



Snout to anus 



General body color in alcohol brownish yellow; three reddish- 

 brown bars extending downward from eye, the first toward tip of 

 lower jaw, the second to base of expanded portion of maxillary, the 

 third to just behind the maxillary, where it spreads out posteriorly 

 on the preopercle ; dorsal portion of body marked with similar color, 

 which tends to form diffuse cross bars extending to well below the 

 lateral line; the three most distinct bars are under the middle of 

 first dorsal and under the anterior and posterior thirds of second 

 dorsal ; almost no indication of color on fins except a reddish-brown 

 blotch on middle of pectoral base. 



HoJotyj)e.—U.S.'NM. no. 102108; a specimen 29.1 mm in stand- 

 ard length from Alhafross station 3785, in the south-central Bering 

 Sea, 150 miles north of the Eat Islands; depth 270 fathoms. 



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