SAMARIN^ 



401 



Depth of body 2? to 25 in the length, length of head 3J to 3|. Snout shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 3f to 4J in length of head ; upper eye well in advance 

 of lower and close to edge of head. Cleft of mouth curved, a convexity of the mandible 

 fitting into a concavity of the upper jaw ; maxillary extending to below middle of 

 eye or beyond ; lower jaw a little projecting. 8 to 10 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid or rather feebly ctenoid on blind 

 side ; 29 to 32 in lateral line. Dorsal 65-74 '• ^ ^^^ ""^ys in posterior part of fin 

 forked distally, remainder all simple. Anal (41) 43-49. Pectoral of ocular side 

 with 10 to 12 rays, length | to it that of head. Caudal with 17 to 19 rays (13 branched), 

 rounded. Yellowish or greyish brown, sometimes with some indistinct darker 

 markings ; median fins often with small dark spots. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 55.9. 19. 1234. 



Distribution. — Indian Ocean and Archipelago ; Philippines ; New Zealand (?)' : 

 in deep water. 



Specimens Examined : 



Paratypes of B. 

 xanthosticta. 



Maldive Is. 



Off Gopalpur, Ganjam Coast. 

 \ Off Ganjam Coast, 25-35 Ims. 



Gardiner. 



Bay of Bengal, 12 fms. 



OS Tenasserim Coast, Burma, 50 



Andaman Is., 53 fms. 



Java Sea (5° 44' S., 113° 54' E.). 



Arafura Sea, 35-49 fms. 



New Zealand. 



fms. 



2 {67, 115 mm.). 

 I (100 mm.). 



3 (90-105 mm.). 

 3(70-98 ,, ). 

 I (90 mm.). 

 I (78 ,, ). 

 3 (70-93 mm.). 

 2(80,90 ,, ). 



1 (105 mm.). 



2 (88, 122 mm.). 

 I (105 mm.), skeleton. 

 I (95 mm.). Paratype. 

 I (89 ,, ). Holotype. 

 Also numerous specimens from the Ganjam coast. Bay of Bengal, Burmese coast, 



and Andaman Islands (Ind. Mus.). 



Hardenberg. 

 " Challenger.'* 



Richardson. 

 Haslar Coll. 



Genus 33. LEPIDOBLEPHARON. 



LepidobUpharon, Weber, 191 3, " Siboga "-Exped., Fische, p. 421 [Lepidoblepharon ophtkalmoUpis, 



Weber]. 



Close to Brachypletira, but snout, jaws, interorbital space and upper parts of 

 eye-balls covered with scales. Nasal organ of blind side below first ray of dorsal 

 fin. Teeth small, in bands in the jaws, the bands becoming broader anteriorly : 

 vomer toothless or with a few teeth on its posterior border. None of the dorsal rays 

 prolonged ; rays simple or forked distally, scaled ; a low scaled sheath covering basal 

 part of fin. Posterior rays of anal fin more distinctly forked. Scales of moderate 

 size, firm, imbricated, ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; more than 50 

 in lateral line. 



A single species from the Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



I. LEPIDOBLEPHARON OPHTHALMOLEPIS, Weber. 



LrptdobUph 

 and Be 



ron nphthalmolepis , Weber, 1913, 

 iifort, 192Q, Fish. Indo-Austral. 



' Siboga "-Exped., Fische, p. 422, pi. vi, fig. 7 ; Weber 



^rch., V, p. 143, fig. 36. 



Depth of body 2| in the length, length of head a little more than 3. Snout shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 3i in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes level, 

 upper close to edge of head. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye, length 

 about 2 in that of head ; lower jaw projecting, ij in head. 13 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. 56 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 62. Anal 46, Pectoral 

 of ocular side with n rays, length a little more than J that of head, that of blind 



It is possible that the type-locality of this species is incorrect. 



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