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Remarks. — Note on specimen No. 604, U. S. B. F. Head not so 

 flat as in the type; occiput rather deep. Caudal connected for fully 

 half its length to the dorsal. Pectoral low, the upper edge a httle 

 above the angle of the mouth; the lower lobe of graduated, elongate 

 rays, reaching more than half way to anal, 1.3 in the head; the three 

 anterior rays free to the base, the remainder half free. Gill slit above 

 the pectoral. Disk less than eye. Color whitish; posterior part of 

 body, caudal, and neighboring parts of dorsal and anal dusky; mouth, 

 gill cavity and peritoneum dusky; stomach white; inner surface of 

 pectoral dusk3^ In some specimens the peritoneum is light and 

 dotted. 



CAREPROCTUS FURCELLUS Gilbert and Burke 



Careprodus furcellus Gilbert and Burke, 1912a, p. 80. 



Type.— 'No. 74387, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 4781, Bering Sea; 

 depth 482 fathoms. Length 129 mm. 



Figure 46.— Careproctus furcellus. Teeth from cotype 



Distribution. — Bering Sea, Albatross Station 4781; depth 482 fath- 

 oms. Two specimens examined. 



Relationships. — See description of C. cypselurus. C. furcellus closely 

 resembled C. melanurus, differing in the larger disk, the shorter, 

 lower pectoral lobe, and in other characters. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 62; anal 57; pectoral 36; pyloric coeca 46. 

 Depth 4 in length without caudal; head 3.7. Eye 3.7 in head; disk 

 4. Body shorter than in C. cypselurus, the posterior part not so at- 

 tenuate. Head broad, interorbital wide, flat. Teeth rather elongate 

 and slender, the lateral lobes forming a shoulder or absent. Gill slit 

 above the pectoral fin. Caudal slightly forked. Pectoral fin un- 

 notched. Disk weH developed, smaller than the eye. Color reddish 

 or pale, posteriorly the body and fins black; gill cavity, abdomen and 

 the pectoral dusky; peritoneum black. Only two specimens known, 

 reaching a length of 128 mm. or more. 



