PCECILOPSETTIN^ 395 



Depth of body 2J in the length, length of head 4^. Snout much shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is about 2^ in length of head ; eyes nearly contiguous, their 

 anterior margins about level ; length of tentacle a little less than f diameter of eye. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 3I in that of head ; lower 

 jaw 2^ in head. Teeth apparently in 2 or 3 rows in each jaw. 12 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; about 66 

 in lateral hne. Dorsal 67. Anal 55. Pectoral of ocular side about i as long as head. 

 Caudal pointed ; caudal peduncle more than twice as deep as long. Brownish, 

 with indistinct darker markings : rays of dorsal and anal fins dotted with dark brown ; 

 caudal with a large transverse dark blotch and with a broad whitish posterior margin. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 79.5.14.91. 



Distribution. — Admiralty Islands; 152 fathoms. 



Specimen Examined : 



1 (95 mm.). Holotype. Nares Harbour, Admiralty Is., 152 fnis. "Challenger." 



2. NEMATOPS GRANDISQUAMA, Weber and Beaufort. 

 Sematops grandisquama, Weber and Beaufort, ig^g, Fish. Indo-.Austral. Arch., v, p. 134, fig. 32. 



Fig. 285. — Sematops grandisquama. B.M. (\.H.) 1933 .2. 18 .6. x ij. 



Depth of body 2l to 25 in the length, length of head 3 J^, to 4. Snout much shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 2^ to 2\ in length of head ; eyes nearly contiguous, 

 their anterior margins nearly level : tentacle nearly as long as eye. Maxillary 

 extending to a httle beyond anterior margin of eye, length 2t to 3 in that of head. 

 Teeth in one or tw^o rows. 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on Wind side ; 44 to 48 in lateral line. Dorsal 52-59. 

 .\nal 45-48 Pectoral of ocular side with 7 to y rays, length about h that of head. 

 Caudal obtusely pointed. Brownish red, with irregular black blotches on upper 

 and lower edges of body, one below commencement of last third of dorsal and a 

 corresponding one above anal more distinct than the others ; fins with dark margins ; 

 caudal with large transverse black blotches on its hinder half ; tip of pectoral blackish. 



Type. — Amsterdam Museum. 



Distribution. — St. Nikolaas Bay, Bali ; 60 to 90 fathoms. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (78 mm.). Paratype. St. Nikolaas Bay, Bali, 60-90 fms. Amsterdam .Mus. 



The holotype is 87 mm. in total length. 



