348 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



Eye. — Diameter, 4i; diamoter of pupil, li. 



Dorsal (spinous). — 1 )israncc from snout, 21 ; beislit over anus, 4; lieigLt near caudal, 5. 

 Anal. — Distance from snout, 33; lieigbt at middle, 4i; height near caudal, 4. 

 Cauflal. — Length of middle rays, 5|. 

 /'«■/()»•«/.— Length, 8i. 



Ventral. — Length of longer branch, 5; length of inner branch, 3. 



A single specimen of this species, 7 inches in length, was obtained by Commodore 

 Kodgers, at the depth of 30 fathoms, oft' the coast of Florida. 



LEl'TOPHIDIUM MARMORATUM, Goode aiul Bean. (Figure 308.) 

 Leplojihidhim marmoratum, GooDE and Bean, Proc. IT. S. N.at. Mus., vii, 1885, 42.S. 



Body somewhat elongate, stoutish anteriorly, gradually tapering, its greatest lieight 

 (27 millimeters) 7;\ in total length. 



Head thickish, its length (39 millimeters) 5 in total length. Interorbital area broad, 

 convex, its width nearly equal to length of snout, which is very slightly less than 5 in 

 head's length. Snout blunt, spineless. Eye circular, the diameter (10 millimeters) 4 in 

 head's length and somewhat exceeding the length of the snout. Maxilla extends to the 

 vertical through the posterior margin of the orbit, the mandible far beyond, its length 

 equal to that of postorbital portion of head. Teeth on vomer and in the jaws in villiform 

 bands, the outer series in the latter slightly enlarged. Psendobranchiie present. Gill- 

 rakers short, 8 below angle of first arch, the longest less than one-half diameter of eye. 

 Branchiostegals 7. Ventrals with length {22 millimeters) as long as postorbital part of head. 



Dorsal origin at distance from snout (44 millimeters) contained 4J in total length, with 

 28 rays in a space equal to length of head, counting from the origin of the fin. 



Anal origin separated from snout by distance (76 millimeters) 2| in total length. 



Length of pectoral (19 millimeters) 2 in head's length, or 10 in total. 



Scales closely imbricated, ornamented with delicate concentric stri;B. Lateral line 

 apparently complete, located about one-fourth distance from dorsal to ventral outline. 



Color, yellowish gray, marbled along the entire upper half of head and body with olive 

 brown. Dorsal and anal fins with black margins. 



The tji)e (Cat. No. 37237, TJ. S. N. M.), an individual 198 millimeters in length, was taken 

 by the Aihafross from station 2350, in 23-^ 10' 39" N. lat., 82° 20' 21" W. Ion., at a depth of 

 21.3 fathoms. 



Family ATELEOPODID..^. 



AteUopodoidei, Bleeker, Teiitaiiw^ii, 18ri9, 139. 



Atehopodlda; Gunther, Cat. Fisli. Brit. Mns., iv, 1802, .Sgs.— Gill, Arr. Fam. Fisli., 1872, 3 (No. 27) ; Century 

 Dictiouary, 301. 



Ophidioids with elongate compressed, tapering tail, vent antemedian, suborbitals 

 moderate, month inferior. One short anterior dorsal and no other; anal fin very long, cim- 

 fluent with caudal. Ventrals reduced to simple fdaments, each of 2 rays, the inner of 

 which is rudimentary, inserted behinil tlic symphysis of the clavicle. 



ATELEOPUS, Schlegel. 

 AteUnpuK, ScilLEOEL, Fauna. .laiHinica, Poissons, 2r.,5. — Gunther, loc. cit.; Clialli-Uijcr IJopnrt, XXII, 159. 



Head with the snout nuich protruding and obtusely rounded, the cleft of the mouth 

 being at the lower side of the head; maxillaries protractile in a downward direction. Uody 

 and tail compressed, (elongate, naked. One; short dorsal, the rudinientary second dorsal ot 

 the Marrnriila' ha\iiig entirely disapjx'ared; one long anal, continued on to the caudal. 

 Ventral reduced to a fdament which is composed internally of two rays, intimately con- 

 nected by a connnon membrane; this fin is inserteil at the symphysis uf the htnueri. Teeth 

 in the jaws villiform, in bands; vomer and palatine bones smooth. [(jUnthcr.\ 



