204 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



olate, in sinj^le rows, with larger ones in front: a series of small teeth on the palatines. 

 Fins as in Le^)idoj)us. ((liiHther.) 



EVOXYMETOPON T^NIATUS, Poey. (Figurfi214.) 



Evoiymetopon ianiatus, (Poey,) Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pbila., 1863, 228; Ann. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., ii, 

 1873, 77, PL V. 



The greatest height eciuals about a twellth of the extreme length, while the head forms 

 about an eighth of the same. The head is oblong, trenchant above, elevated above the 

 eyes for a space considerably greater tiian the diameter of the eye, and decurved very 

 obliquely do wni wards to the snout. The diameter of the orbit enters about G times in the 

 head's length. The first ten dorsal si^ines are undivided; the rest split. 



Eadial formula: B. 7; D. 87; A. 10; C. 17; P. 12. 



The color is silvery, with about six narrow reddish bands most distinct behind, the 

 first on the ridge of the back and the fifth along the lateral line. {Poey.) 



The following table indicates the relative proportions of the Evoxymetopon twniatus. 



Measurements. 



MillilUfters 



Extreme l(Migtli 100 



Bo.ly : 



Gioatost height 8 



Height at anu.s 6^ 



Height of tail between :uins ;in(l eaudal lin 5 



Least lieight of tail i 



Head : 



Greatest length ^. 12 



Distance from snout to nape 7 



Length of snout 4^ 



Length of operculum 4i 



Length of lower j.aw 5 



Orbit : 



Diameter 2 



Distance fri>m profile 21 



Dorsal : 



Height at iirst spine 3 



Height at second spine 3J 



Height at ray above anus 1 J 



Height at ray between anus aiul caudal 1| 



Caudal: 



Length of external rays 3J 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout at upper axilla 14 



Length 6i 



Ventr.al: 



Distance from snout l"i 



Length 2| 



A specimen oblaiucd by Poey at Havana was presented by him to the Is'atioiial Museum 

 (1^0. .'•735), and a figure of it iajiere given. 



Evoxymetopon Poeyi, Giinther, from the Mauritius is a very closely related form. 



BENTHODESMUS, Goode and Bean. 



Jicnthodcsmus, Goope and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 380, PI. ii. (type, Lrpidnpiis rlonqatiis, 

 Clarke.) — .Iouran and Giluert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 910. 



Body naked, nuu'h compressed, attenuate, tapering gradually from vent to base of 

 Ciuidiil. Caudal peduncle very slender, supporting a small but well developed caudal fin. 

 Vent considerably nearer to head than to tail. Lateral line simple, in a deep, wide fuirow, 

 nearly straight, in front of the vent gradually ascending to the scapular region. 



Hea<l compressed, its upper ]>rofllc nearly horizontal; snout gibbous near its en<l, as in 



