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. Table of Measuremenia. 



Carrent number of specimen , 



Locality 



Sstreme lengt h (exclusive of candal) 



Length to end of middle candal rays 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrala 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Grea^^est length 



Length of barbel 



Greatest width 



"Width ( f iuterorbital area 



Length of suont 



Leagth of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Len.th of mandible 



Distance from snout to centre of orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (first) : 



Distauce from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tirat ray 



Length df second ray 



Length of third ray 



Length of fourth ray 



Length of last raj' 



Dorsal (second) : 



Length of base 



Len}ith of first ray 



Length of longest ray (40tb) 



Length of List ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of tiist ray 



Length c f longest ray (37th) 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of filaments 



Length of second ray 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Candal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



21,8-10. 



Trawl 174. 



42 mUesE. J S., 

 CapH3 Ann, 140 

 fathoms, Aug. 

 27, 1878. 



Millim, 



242 

 280 



49 



28 



39 



9 



56 

 6 

 29 

 10 

 15 

 13 

 28 

 32 

 24 

 17 



67 

 17 



15 



28 



117 



26 



3 



142 

 15 



29 

 5 



121 

 108 



9 

 20 



6 



38 

 36 



60 

 52 



54 



96 



165 



15 



VII 



9-55 



47 



5-18-5 



17 



3 



90 



7 



28 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



20 

 llj 

 16 

 4 



lis 



4i 

 6i 

 5J 



UJ 



13 



10 

 7 



27^ 

 7 



48 



lOJ 



la^ 



58 

 65 



in 



50 



44 



4 



8J 

 2i 



15§ 



i-«i 



m 



21i 



22J 

 39 

 68 

 6i 



21,841. 

 Trawl 194. 



21,842. 

 Trawl 194. 



33 miles E. by S., Cape Ann, E. 

 Pt., llOfathoms, Aug. 31, 1878. 



MiUim. 



143 

 166 



29 



23 

 20 



34 

 32 



30 



47 



81 



10 



7 



9-57 



47 



5-21-5 



17 



3 



ca.9t 



7 



28 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Millim. 



128 

 148 



20 

 17 



30 

 29 



28 



42 



70 



8 



7 



l(X-56 



47 



5-21-5 



18 



3 



ca.90 



7 



ca. 28 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Haloporphyrus viola, sp. iiov. 



Two specimens of an nudescribed species of the geuus Haloporphyrus 



of Giiiitber were brought iu, August 24, by Captain Joseph W. Collins, 



of the schooner "Marion "of Gloucester; they were taken on a halibut 



trawl-line on the outer edge of Le Have Bank, at a depth of four or five 



Proc. Nat. Mus. 78 17 Dec. 1 7, 1 878. * 



