101) FI.ATFISHHS (HETEKOSOMA'IA) 



anteriorly lo td 14 rather slender, pointed gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales ratlier feebly ctenoid on ocular side, mostly cycloid on blind side ; cSo-8q in 

 lateral line. Width of cun,-e of lateral line i J to 2 in length of head. Dorsal II2-H(); 

 none of the rays prolonged. Anal S8-q6. Pectoral of ocular .side with 12 to 14 rays, 

 length I? to nearly 2 in head. Caudal rounded. Pale greyish or brownish, with or 

 without small black spots ; pectoral sometimes blackish. 



'I'VPE. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — New Zealand. 



Specimens Examined : 



22. AKNOGLOSSUS BOOPS (Hector). 



U'lidorhombus boops. Hector, 1875, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vii, p. 149, pi. xi, tig. &^h ; Hector, 1S75, Ann. 



.Mag. Xat. Hist., {4), xv, p. 81 ; Giinther, 1887, Deep-Sea Fishes " Challenger ". p. 164, hg. 5. 

 aulupsetla boops. Gill, 1893, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, vi, p. 121 ; Phillipps, 1927, N.Z. 



Mar. Dcpt., Fish. Bull., 1, p. 27. 



Perhaps identical with ,1 scap/ui, but depth of body 2J in the length, length of 

 head ^i. Diameter of eye a little more than 3 in length of head. Maxillary nearly 

 reaching middle of eye, length 2J in that of head : lower jaw about twice in head. 

 Lower limb of pra^operculum rather more than ^ -is long as head. About 80 scales in 

 lateral line. Width of curve of lateral line ij in length of head Dorsal 112. Anal 

 <j2. Pectoral of ocular side with 13 rays, length a little more than twice in that of 

 head. Uniformly yellowish brown. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg, No. 85. 10. 15. 4 



Distribution. — Deep water off Cape Farewell, New Zealand. 



SPECIMEN Examined : 



1.). Holotype. 



iiles of? C. F; 



fill! 



■ Challenger.' 



