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fin is imperfect, but its length ])iol)ablj' slightly exceeds that of the ventral. The eaudal 

 is rounded. 



Eadial formula: D, 5, 55; A. 44; V. 10. 



Owing to the condition of the specimen it is very diflicult to count tlie snnill scales, hut 

 there are about 7 or 8 rows between the origin of the lirst dorsal ami the lateral line, and 

 abinit U or 15 rows between the anal and the lateral line. The number in the lateral line 

 is at least 115 to the origin of the caudal. 



The color of the type at present is a very light brown. The margins of the dorsal and 

 anal, in their posterior portions, are blackish. 



A single individual was taken by the FM Hairk, August 23, 1881, at station 95ii, in 

 N. lat. 39° 55' and W. lou. 70° 28', in 39C fathoms. The specimen is only 2* inches in length. 

 The catalogue number of the type is 29832. It is No. 14 of the list of lishes published by 

 Prof. Verrill (Amer. Joiu'. Sci. and Arts, Vol. xxii, 1881, p. 29lij. 



MORA, Risso. 



Mora, Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. M<5ri<l., isi'ii, in, 224.— Gt ntheis. Cat. Kish. Brit. Miis., iv, .341.— Mokeau, 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., France, iii, 248. 

 AseUiis, Valenciennes, Nat. -Hist. lies Cauariennes, Poissons, 76. 

 Pharopteryx, Rt'PPELL, Verzeichii. Mus. Senckeub., Fisclie, 16. 



Gadoids having moderately elongate, Phycis-like body. Dorsals separates, i>rominent; 

 a short anterior and a long posterior dorsal, and the anal in two ])arts, widely separated. 

 Ventrals composed of 6 rays. Scales moderate, covering body and head. Mouth large, 

 subinferior; teeth ou jaws, vomer, and palatines cardiform, equal, those in the upx)cr jaw 

 in a band. GiU-openiugs large. Branchiostegals 7. 



MORA MEDITERRANEA, Kisso. (Figure S22.) 



Gmhis mora, Risso, Ichtli. Nice, 1810, 116. 



Mora mcditcrranea, Risso, Ilist. Nat. Europ. Mi^ridionale, in, 224. — Bonai'AP.te, CataUigiie, No. 376; Fauna 

 Italica, figure. — Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loudon, 1843, 91. — Canestkini. Arch. ZoiU., ii, 35!), pis. xi-xn, 

 fig. 1; Pesci d'ltalia, 1.55.— Giglkjli, Eleuco, 36.— GCNTnEi!, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 342; Chal- 

 lenger Report, xxii, 83. — Capello, Cat. Peixes de Portugal, 1880, 30, No. 141. — Mokeau, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., 

 France, lii, 248, tig. 177. — Vaillant, Exp. ,Sci. Travail leur ct Talisman, 1888, 298, pi. x.xv, figs, 6, 6a, 



Asdhis canariensis, Valenciennes, loe. cit,, 76, pi, xiv, fig, 3, 



A 3Iora having the upper jaw longer than the lower, and a slender l)arbel, whose 

 length is less tlnin that of the diameter of the eye. Caudal forked. First ventral ray pro- 

 longed in a slender thread, which reaches behind the tip of the pect()r;d. Scales small, 95 

 in the lateral line. 



Eadial formula: D. 7-8+42-45; A. 17-19-f 15-22; V. G. 



Color chestnut-brown upon tlie back, dark ash color on the belly, a blue spot ui)on the 

 tip of the operculum. The palate and tongue are dark blue, the latter with black si)ot.s. 

 Dorsal and anal light blue at the base, darker at the tip. Pectorals light blue with black 

 spots. 



This species, the Mom of Nice and the Vcrdonc of l!ome, was first found in the Jled- 

 iterrauean, where it has been recorded from Nice, Genoa and Leghorn. Eisso said of it in 

 1810 that it was very coiumon in great depths of the sea off Nice, where it is taken in the 

 month of August. Giglioli, fishing at Genoa, July 2(5, 1879, at a depth of 800 to 1,000 

 meters, captured ninety-seven. It has not been found in the Adriatic, but Erito Ca])ello 

 records it from off the coast of Portugal, and Lowe, also from 300 to 400 fathoms otf .Alag- 

 dalena, 5 leagues to the west of Funchal, while Webb and Berthelot obtained it at the Ca- 

 naries. The Talinman to(jk it at the same region (station l) at 975 meters, as well as oil 

 Morocco (stations ix, xi, xxxiv, xlvii, xlviii) at deptlis of from 022 to 1,180 meters. The 

 Travaillcnr obtained it at Setubal (stations xxxiv and xxxv) in 1,307 meters, and in the 

 Gulf of Gascony in 614 meters. The ChaUemjer obtained specimens also, but they were 

 destroyed on shipboard and the record of locality lost. It has never been found in the 

 Western Atlantic. 



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