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2H2'M, U. S. N. iSr., from station Sid, in 3!to 40/ n. lat., 7^ 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 4S0(?) 

 fathoms. A single, specimen, taken from (he stomach of a CItiasmoiloii «(>/«•, was received 

 from Gloucester in 188(t, 



ANTIMORA ROSTIJATA, (ii ntheh. 



Aiitimora rosirala, Gi'NTnEU, Ann. .■iiid Maj;. Nat. Hist., ri, 1M7.S, 18; CliuUougiT Ri'port, xxii, !SS7, ilL', pi. 

 XVI, lig. A. 



This species is readily distinguished hy the iieenliarly i)rodneed snout, which forms a 

 short, triangular, pointed lanuna, shaipjy keeled on the sides, and overliangiiiy the cleft 

 of the mouth. 



The liead is rather short, l)roa(I i)osteriorly, half as Ions' as the distance between ventral 

 and anal fins. Eye round, rather large, its diameter oiiefourtli of the length of the head, 

 less tlmii that of the suout, and nearly e(iual to the width of tiie flat interorbital space. 

 Mouth wide, the maxillary extending nearly to below the hind margin of the eye. Teeth 

 in both jaws in narrow villiform bands; a small grouj) of teeth on the, vomer. Posterior 

 extremity of the maxillary not much dilat(^d. Nostrils close together; the i)Osterior are 

 wide, semicircular oi)enings, the anterior narrower and round. The vent is rather nearer 

 to the end of the operculum than to the root of the caudal. 



The entire head (even the gill membrane and the foremost part of the snout) and the 

 body are covered with small cycloid scales, of which only a few have been preserved; there 

 are about 10 in a transverse line between the lirst dorsal tin and the lateral line and 14(1 in 

 the lateral line. 



The greater part of the dorsal and anal tins are covered with scales. Tlie tirst dorsal 

 is subcontiniions with the second, and the tirst ray is produced into a filament about as 

 long as the head. The second dorsal and anal fins are rather low; the latter so much 

 depressed in the middle as to present the appearand^ of a double anal. The lice ])ortion 

 of the tail is narrow, terminating in a comparatively small caudal tin, which is truncated 

 behind. Pectoral pointed, the iii)per rays being the longest; it is as long as or longer than 

 the head exclusive of the snout. The two outer ventral rays prolonged as two filaments; 

 the second being twice as long as tht^ first, and not extending as far back as the pectoral. 



Radial formula: 1). 4, ol-5(5; A. 38-39; V. tJ. 



Color, black; the cavity of the mouth, gills and abdomen deep black. 



This form occurs midway between the Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen I.sland, and 

 also east of the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. The ChuUeiKji'r obtained a specimen, 12i 

 inches long, at station 140, near Marion Island in 1,375 fathoms; and a specimen -!4 inches 

 long, at station 320, oft" Montevideo, in 600 fathoms. 



HALARGYREUS, Gunther. 



Halargtjrens, Gunther, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Miis.. iv, 1862, 342. (type, H. Johiisonii. Oiintlier.) 



IJody elongate, covered with small scales (a .separate caudal); 2 dor.sal and 2 anal 

 fins, the latter subcontinuons; ventrals coini>osed of s(n'eral rays. Jaws with a band of 

 minute villiform teeth of eciual size; no teeth on the vomer or palatine bones. No barbel. 

 Branchiostegals 7. Pseudobranchia^ glandular, rudimentary, coxered by t]w membrane; 

 gill rakers of the outer branchial arch long. {(lUnthcr.) 



HALARGYREl'S BREVIPES, V.vili.ant. (Fig. 32.5.) 



Halargyi-eus hrevipes, Vaillant, Exp. Soi. Travailli'iir ct Talisman, xxii, 1888, 2iF>, ))1. xxv, fig. 5. 



A Halargyrens having (according to Vaillant), a general resemblance to Merluciux i»iii- 

 ridm, body being nearly cylindrical anteriorly, and its thickness nearly efpial to its 

 greatest height, which is one-eighth of its length. The length of the head is one-fourth the 

 length of the body, and its width is a little less than its height. Snout moderate, its length 

 about one-third that of the head. Mouth rather large, although the maxillary does not 

 extend beyond the vertical from the center of the orbit. Lower jaw slightly longer than 



