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Table of Measurements — Continued. 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality 



22,899. 



miles S. by E. of 

 Neman's Land. 



Millime- 

 trea. 



lOOthsof 

 length. 



Dorsal (adipose) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Greatest height 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine (possibly broken) 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spiue 



Length of fouith spine 



Length of tif i h spine (possibly broken) 



Length of sixth spine 



Length of seventh spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of flrst ray 



Length of longest ray (thirteentli) 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine , 



Length of flrst ray , 



Length of longest ray (eleventh) 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays {iX^^'. 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



^^-^'^ {Sl^t. 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegals ^ 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



^Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transveise lows above lateral line 



Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



143 

 85 

 48 



240 

 100 

 20 

 57 

 63 

 67 

 66 

 67 

 70 



300 

 65 



102 

 48 



416 



220 

 29 

 52 

 71 

 93 

 54 



150 



145 



223 

 169 

 150 



240 

 127 

 VI 



vn, 15 

 n, 13 



18 



n, 15 



1,5 



20.66 

 12.28 

 7 



34.68 

 14.4 

 3 



8.24 

 9.1 

 9.68 

 9.54 

 9.68 

 10 



43.35 

 9.4 



14.74 

 7 



CO 



31.79 

 4.2 

 7.5 



10.26 



13.44 

 7.8 



13.87 

 2L67 

 21 



32.22 

 24.42 

 21.67 



34.68 

 18.35 



Capt. William Dempsey, of Gloucester, has since furnished nine fresh 

 specimens of this Lopholatilus and the following information: 



" The fish were caught with Menhaden bait in July, 1879, while ' try- 

 ing' i'ov cod 50 miles south by east of Neman's Land, in lat. 40° 10' .N.^ 

 Ion. 70° Ho' W., 75 fathoms, on very hard clay bottom. Two miles ibside 

 of this bottom there is nothing but a green ooze, on which no fish will hve. 



'• Two of the 9 fish were spent females. The few remaining eggs of 

 these 2 were not so large as those of the herring, and resemble the eggs 

 of the Norway Haddock. The other 7 had nothing to determine whether 

 they were male or female. 



" The liver is small, somewhat like that of the mackerel, and contains 

 no oil. The flesh is oily and will soon rust after sijlitting and drying. 



" The stomach and intestines are small, the latter resembling those of 

 an eel. 



