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can be peeled from the specimen, each pore leaving a clear-cut hole 

 in the mucous film. No scales other than those of lateral line. No 

 cirri on head or body. 



Table 2. — Measurements of Atopocottus tribranchius 



Measurement 



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 firrt 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 



Vs'idth of pectoral base 



Length of pectoral 



Snout to pelvic base 



Length of pelvic 



Length of caudal 



Snout to anus 



General body color in alcohol brownish yellow. Body blotched 

 with reddish-brown spots, the anterior ones tending to merge into a 

 broad cross bar under the anterior dorsal. Ventral surface whitish. 

 A large diffuse reddish-brown blotch on posterior, distal portion of 

 first dorsal, second dorsal coarsely barred with brown. A spot of 

 same color on base of upper caudal rays. Upper pectoral rays 

 faintly barred with reddish brown; a spot of brown at the base of 

 these rays. Pelvics and anal colorless. 



Eolotype. — U.S.N.M. no. 102105; a male specimen 27.7 mm in 

 standard length; from Albatross station 4816, lat. 38°14' N., long. 

 138° 54' E., in 64 fathoms. 



Paraty pes.— U.S. l:^M. no. 102106; 7 specimens 23.0-28.5 mm in 

 standard length, from Alhatross station 4817, lat. 38°12' N., long. 

 138°52' E., in 61 fathoms; Nat. Hist. Mus. Stanford Univ. no. 30457; 

 3 specimens 22.6-27.0 mm in standard length, from Alhatross sta- 

 tion 4815, lat. 38° 16' N., long. 138°52' E., in 70 fathoms. These 

 stations are all off Nugatu, Japan. 



