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BULLETIN 150, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



CAREPROCTUS ENTARGYREUS Gilbert and Burke 



Careproctus entargtjreus Gilbert and Burke, 1912b, p. 375. 



Type— 'No. 73344, U.S.N.M.; Gulf of Tartary, ^Z6a^ross Station 

 4998; depth 66 fathoms. Length 73 mm. 



Distribution. — Guif of Tartary, Japan Sea; Albatross Stations 4998 

 and 5003 ; depth 35 to 66 fathoms. Two specimens 

 examined, reaching a length of 77 mm. 



Relationships. — C. entargyreus appears to be closely 

 related to C. entomelas. It differs from the latter 

 species in the smaller amount of pigment in the 

 peritoneum, the smaller pupil and the vertical 

 distribution. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 57; anal 49; pectoral 31; caudal 

 8; pyloric coeca 13. Depth 5.7 in length without 

 caudal. Disk 2.8 in head. Gill slit above pectoral. 

 Teeth as in C. coUetti, simple, elongate, slender, strongly recurred. 

 Pupil reduced to a minute pore. Color pale, mouth and gill cavity 

 pale; peritoneum pale with black dots. 



TEMNOCORA, new genus 



Disk, present; nostril single; teeth trilobed; suprabranchial pores 

 2; pyloric coeca present; pupil slitHke; dorsal fin notched; branchi- 

 ostegal rays 6. 



Genotype. — Temnocora Candida. 



Figure 69.— Care- 

 proctus ENTARGYR- 

 ous. Prickle from 



TYPE 



/s. 



Figure 70.— Temnocora Candida. Type, showing the notched dorsal and slitlike pupil 

 TEMNOCORA CANDIDA (Gilbert and Burke) 



Careproctus candidus Gilbert and Burke, 1912a, p. 77. 



Type.— No. 74384, U.S.N.M.; Albatross Station 4784, off Attu 

 Island, Bering Sea; depth 135 fathoms. Length 72.5 mm. 



Distribution. — Bering Sea, Albatross Station 4784; depth 135 

 fathoms. Four specimens examined, reaching a length of 76 mm. 



Synopsis. — Dorsal 45-48; anal 39; pectoral 33-37; pyloric coeca 

 20. Depth 3.7 in length without caudal; head 3.5-3.8. Eye 2.8 in 



