366 DliEP-SEA l''I8HES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



PIIYSICULUS DALWIGKII, ICaup, 



Physicidus Dalwigldi, Kacp, loc. e».— GiiNTiiER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 348 (full description) ; Chal- 

 loiij,'i!r Ucport, xxii, US^IT, 88.— Vaillant, Exp. Sci.jTravailleur ct Talisman, 1888, 290, pi. xxv,ligs.3-3c. 



"Eleveu series of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line. Axil of the 

 pectoral black. D. 7/07: A. (59: V. 5." {GUuther.) 



Giiuther has studied 3 specimens from Madeira, the largest 10 inches long, and notes 

 that all have au exceedingly narrow base to the ventral fin. 



The species is only known from Madeira and from off Soudan, where the Talisman ob- 

 tained it at two stations, lxii, 782 meters, and Lxxi, 6i0 meters. 



PIIYSICULUS KAUPI, Poey. (Figure 318.) 



Physiciilas Kaiq)i, Poey, Ropert. Fis. Nat. Cuba, 1865, 186, pi. iv, fig. 1.— GuNxnER, Challenger Report, 



XXII, 1887, 88, pi. XVII, fig. A. 

 '! I'hijuiculmjaiionUms, Hilgendorf, SB. Natiirf. Frounde, Berlin, 1879, 80.— (./Jde Giluthor). 



«This species," writes Giinther, "has constantly (as far as is shown by our specimens) 

 a broader base to the ventral lius than rhy.skuiluH dalwuil-ri, and they are formed of 7 rays, of 

 which the longest may or may not reach the anal fin. The flu rays vary within propm-tion- 

 ate limits; they are: D. D-IO | (iO-UO; A. 00-70. There are 13 series of scales between the 

 anterior dorsal and the lateral line. The peduncle of the tail is shorter and less slender than 

 in the Madeirau form, but otherwise the two species are so similar as to scarcely deserve 

 specific separation." 



Poey obtained a specimen at Cuba, and Melliss two at St. Helena. These are ])ro- 

 nounced by Giinther to dift'er in no respect from five examx)les found by the Challciujer off 

 lno.sima in 345 fathoms, and 11 to 10 inches long. 



PHYSICULUS PEREGRINUS, GDnther. 



Pseudophycis pm-egrinus, GtfNTHER, Proo. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, 669. 

 PhysUiiliiH iwrajrinm, Gi'Ntiier, Challenger Report, xxii, 1887, 88. 



The height of the body is less than the length of the head, which is two-ninths of the 

 total (without caudal). Vent at only a short distance behind the base of the pectoral; tail 

 tapering into a very narrow band, the extremity of which is surrounded by the caudal fin; 

 however, the vertical tins remain separate fi-om one another. Head rather bioader than 

 deep, its greatest width being two-thirds of its length. Interorbital space concave, its width 

 being less than the diameter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head, and 

 equals that of the snout. Snout broad, obtuse, rounded, with the upj)er jaw overlapping 

 the lower; the maxillary extends to below the middle of the eye. Barbel shorter than the 

 eye. Vertical fins of moderate depth, with very fine fin-rays; the first dorsal commences 

 opjiosite to the base of the pectoral. Pectoral as long as the head without snout. The 

 ventral filament is jugular, extending beyond the origin of the anal, and composed of one 

 longer and two shorter rays. Scales minute and deciduous. 



liadial formula: D. 7+02 (ca.); A. 00 (ca.); V. 3. 



Color reddish oMve (in spirits), abdomen black. 



The British Museum has several examples of this species from Manado, one of which 

 measures 5 inches in length. 



Another species, P. i)almatus, Kliinzinger, is from Port Philip, Hobson Bay — probably 

 not a deep-sea form. 



PIIYSICULUS FULVUS, Bean. (Figure 319.) 



Physieidus fidnis, Beax, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, vii, 240. 



A Physieidus with head broad and depressed, with a short snout; the length of the 

 head contained in the total length to the caudal base nearly 1 times. The height of the 

 l)ody is about equal to the length of the head without the snout, and is contained I5 times 

 in the total length without caudal. The eye is about two sevenths as long as the head. 



