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extending posteriorly to about the twelfth scale of the lateral line and 

 more than half way to the origin of the ventrals. 



The ventral is inserted midway between the snouttip and the insertion 

 of the caudal fin, and in the perpendicular from the posterior dorsal 

 ray ; its length equals half the distance from the origin of the pec- 

 toral to that of the ventral. 



Radial formula— B. VI; D. 12; A. 13; C. 13, 18, 12; P. 18; V. II, 12. 



Scales. — 3i, 60, 4. The scales are cycloid, with the posterior edge 

 emarginate, the exposed surface covered with minute asperities ; as in 

 some, and perhaps all other members of this group, single rows of scales 

 saddle the dorsal and the abdominal ridges of the body. The scales 

 are very large : one from the abdominal row, directly behind the ventrals, 

 measuring 6 J x 4^; one from the lateral line, 5^ x 3^, the unit of meas- 

 urement being the hundredth of body length. One of the scales of the 

 lateral line, detached, is broad enough to cover the exposed surfaces of 

 five others in the same line. 



Color. — The color is considerably obliterated, but appears to have 

 been similar to that of the common smelt [Osmerus mordax), with per- 

 haps more of a metallic lustre. 



The species, according to Mr. Newcomb, has a cucumber-lil^e smell,, 

 resembling that of the smelt. 



Table of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality 



Extreme length without cauflal 



Lengtli to end of middle caudal rays 

 Body: 



Greatest height 



Gtejitest width 



Height at ventrals 



Leiist height of tail 



Length of caudal peduncle 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snont 



Length of operculum 



Leugth of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (fiist) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base - 



Lengt h of longest ray 



Length of first ray 



Lengi hot second ray 



Length of last ray 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Distance from snout 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of b.ise 



Lengt h of tirst ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last rav 



21,624. 



Sable IsLand Bank. 

 Stomach of Hake. 



Millim. 



382 

 408 



lOOths. 



19 

 10 



17.5 

 5.75 



26 



10 

 5 

 7 

 7 



61 

 9 

 9 



43 



9 

 17 



9 

 15* 



6.'3 



n 



85 



83 

 9i 

 3 

 9 

 2.66 



