DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIH DISTKUIUTION. 367 



The length of the upper jaw iis about equal to the .si)aee between tiie ventrals and the anal 

 origiu, and is contained 2^ times in that of the head. Tlie niaxilhidoes not ((uite it^aeh the 

 verticiil through tlie liiud margin of the eye. The barbel is one-sixth as long as tlie head. 

 The teetli are in narrow bands in the jaws; there is no outer series of enlarged teetli, but a 

 few in the middle of the bands iu both jaws are slightly larger than the otiuns; all of tlie 

 teeth, however, are iueouspieuous; the vomer aud palate are smootli. The vent is situated 

 about under the third ray of the first dorsal. The <listan(-e of the first dorsal from the tip of 

 the snout equals 3 times the length of its base; its longest ray equals twice the length of 

 the snout, and slightly exceeds the lengtii of the longest of the second dorsal; the length of 

 the second dorsal base equals 3 times tiie length of the pectoral, which is contained nearly 

 5J times in the total without caudal. The origin of the anal is about in a vertical let fail 

 from the base of the fifth ray of tlie first dorsal. The distance of the ventral from the tip 

 of the snout is contained about 5^ tinu's in the standard body-length. When the ventral is 

 extended backward its tip will reach the base of the fourth anal ray. The length of the 

 middle caudal ray is one-third of the length of the head. The lateral line is very indis- 

 tinct, but it is situated rather high, and folh ws pretty closely the contour of the back. 

 The gill-rakers are moderately short and not numerous. 



Radial formula: D. 10+40; A. 54; V. 7; scales 0-(il to 03-10. 



The general color is a liglit yellowish-browa with the under surface of the head, the 

 abdouu^n, the margins of the dorsal and anal fins, the lips, and the axil of the pectoral 

 very dark brown. There is, also, a dark brown blotch on the suboperculum. The inside 

 of the mouth and of the gill-membranes is white. 



The type of this species (Oat. No. 28700, U. S. N. M.) was taken l)y the Fish ffaiolc 

 from station 941, in 40° 1' N. hit., 01)^ ."iO' W. Ion., at a depth of 7!) fathoms. S[)ecimens 

 were also obtained by the Blake at station ccxsxviii, iu 24° 36' N. hit., 84'^ 5' W, Ion., at 

 a depth of O.w fathoms; and by the A//w/>vw.s from station 2358, iu 20o lie N.lat., 87° 3' 30" 

 W. Ion., at adepth of 222 fathoms; from station 2312, iu 32° 54' N. lat., 77° 53' 30" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 88 fathoms; from station 2298, in35o 39' N. lat., 740 52' W. Ion., at a depth of 

 80 fathoms; aud from statiou 2402, in 28'^ 30' N. lat., 85^ 33' IK" W. Ion., at a depth of 111 

 fathoms. 



URALEPTUS, Costa. 

 Uraleptus, Costa, Wiegmaiin'a Arcliiv., 1858, 87.— Gunther, C.it. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 349. 



Body elongate, compressei] and tapering posteriorly, covered with small scales. A sep- 

 arate caudal; 2 dorsal fins and 1 anal; ventral fins narrow, with flat base, coiniiosed of 

 rays. Upper and lower jaw with an outer series of strong curved teeth. Vomerine and 

 palatine teeth none. Chin without barbel. Branchiostegals seven. (Cfiintlier.) 



URALEPTUS MAKALDI, ( Kisso), Costa. (Figiiro 320.) 



Gadtis Maraldi, Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 123, pi. vi, iig. 13. 



Merlucius Maraldi, Risso, Hist. Nut. Ear. Mtfricl., 220. 



Uralepiiis MamUU, Costa, Fauna Napol., pi. xxxvii, A.— ISon'ai'arte, Cat. Metodico,. No. 375.— C.vnestrini, 



Arch. Zool.,1, 357; Pusc-i d'ltalia, 156.— Giinthek, loc. cit.; Challenger Report, xxil, 1887, 87.— Moueau, 



Hist. Nat. Poiss. France, in, 253. 

 Gadus gracilis, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, 91 (type in University of Cambridge). 



The head is rather thick, its greatest width being equal to its height, which is somewhat 

 more than one-half of its length; its length is one-fourtli of flie total (without caudal). The 

 cleft of the mouth is oblique, wide, the maxillary extending to below the posterior margin 

 of the orbit. The lower jaw is received within the upper, but both are nearly equal iu length 

 anteriorly; they are armed with a series of rather large, curved, widely set teeth, and there 

 is another series of small teeth within the outer in the upper jaw. Snout rather broad, 

 obtusely rounded, scarcely longer than the eye, the diameter of wliich is two-ninths of the 

 length of the head. The interorbital space is emarginate on each side by the upper part of 

 the orbit, aud its width is somewhat more than the diameter of the eye. Nape of the neck 



