384 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



KHINONEMUS CIMBKIUS, (Linn.eus), Goode and Bean. (Figure 328.) 



Gadits cimbrius, Linnjeus, Syst. Nat., n\. xii, 1766, 410.— Lac^ipkde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 1801, 442. 

 Moldla cimliria, Bell, Uanadiau Naturalist and Geologist, iv, 1859, 209. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 



1862, 367.— Gill, I'loc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1863, 241. 

 Onos (lihiiioiicnius) cimhrius. GoODE and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 349 (with full syuouyiuy); Cat. 



Fish. Essex Co. and Mass. Bay, 1879, 8. 

 Enclicli/opiis clmhi-ius, Jokdan, MS., in Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 476. 

 Jiiicliclj/opiis cimhrwus, Schneidek, Bloch's Systciua li-hthyologiio, 1801, 50, pi. IX. 

 Mulcllacimhricti, NiLSSON, I'rodr. Ifhtb. Scaud., 48; Skaud. Fauna, iv, 1855, 587. — Yariiell, Hist. Brit. Fishes, 



2d ed., 1841, 11, 274. 

 Motella caudaciita, Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., iii, 1848, 5; Mem. Aiucr. Acad. Sci., 1S67, 411; Hist. 



Fishes Mass., 1867, 183. 

 lihinonemus caudaciita, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 241; Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. Am., 1873, 18. — 



Goode and Bean, Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xiv, Dec., 1877, 476. 



Head oblouji, compressed; the suout high, its anterior profile bhmt; mouth large, 

 inferior; a barbel :it eliiu, one at end of snont, and one on each anterior no.stril; maxillary 

 reaching ninch beyond eye. Teeth in narrow bands, some of them considerably enlarged. 

 Lateral line stitch-like, developed at intervals. First (free) ray of dorsal as long as head; 

 veutrals about half length of head; caudal somewhat acute. 



IJadial formula: D. 50; A. 43; V. 5. 



Color brownish; posterior part of dorsal and anal and lower margin of caudal abruptly 

 black ; inside of mouth black. 



This species is a resident of the deep waters of Massachusetts Bay, and has frequently 

 been found out.side the lOOfathoni curve at the bottom. Its young swim at the surface in 

 the latter part of summer and fall, and have hitherto been identified with the little 

 Mackerel Midge, Viliata argoitata. We have examined numerous specimens which pur- 

 X)orted to be Ciliat<(, and have found them in every case to be the young of this species. 

 English ichthyologists, indeed, record Clliata as the larval form of ]\[otelht, and if this be 

 not the case we doubt if the genus Ciliata has ever been observed in the Western Atlantic. 



A single si)eciinen of Ehinonevius, apparently R. cimbrius, was taken by the JBlale at 

 station cccxxvii, in 34° 00' 30" N. lat., 16° 10' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 178 fathoms. The 

 specimen was in poor condition. 



The Albatross obtained examples from the following localities: Cat. No. 35080, U. S. N. 

 M., from station 2240, in 40° 27' 30" N. lat., 70^ 29' W. Ion., at a depth of 44 fathoms; Cat. 

 No. 35C81, U. S. N. M., from station 2241, in 40° 21' N. lat., 70° 29' 15" W, Ion., at a depth of 

 50 fathoms; Cat. No. 35682, U. S. N. M., from station 2239, in 40° 38' N. lat., 70-= 29' 45" W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 32 fathoms; from station 2420, in 30° 01' 30" N. lat., 74° 47' 30" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 93 iathoms; from station 2513, in 43° 34' N. lat., 63° 50' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 134 fathoms; from station 2505, in 44° 23' 30" N. lat., 00° 44' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 

 93 fathoms; from station 2545, in 40° 01' N. lat., 70^ 23' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 142 

 fathoms ; from station 2559, in 39° 48' N. lat., 71° 48' 30" W. ion., at a depth of 120 fathoms ; 

 from station 2506, in 44o 26' N. lat., 62° 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 127 fathoms; and from 

 station 2299, in 35° 40' N. lat., 74° 51' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 290 fathoms. 



The Fish Eawlc obtained specimens, Cat. No. 28862, U. S. N. M., from station 953, in 39° 

 52' 30" N. lat., 70o 17' 30" W. loii., at a depth of 724 fathoms; Cat. No. 28917, U. S. N. M., 

 from station 998, in 39° 43' N. lat., 71° 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 302 fathoms; Cat. No. 28843, 

 U. S. N. M., from station 951, in 39° 57' N. lat., 70° 31' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms; 

 Cat. No. 28890, U. S. N. M., from statitm 993, in 40° 28' N. lat., 70° 44' W. Ion., at a depth of 39 

 fathoms; Cat. No. 20107, U. S. N. M., from station 877, in 39° 56' N. lat., 70^ 54' 18" W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 120 fathoms; Cat. No. 31878, U. S. N. M., from station 1153, in 39° 34' N. lat., 

 70O 37' W. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms; Cat. No. 28815, U. S. N. M., from station 94G, in 

 390 55/ 30" N. lat., 71° 14' W. Ion., at a depth of 247 fathoms; Cat. No. 33351, U. S. N. M., 

 from station llGl, in 40o 28' N. lat., 70° 37' W. Ion., at a depth of 45 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 33353, U. S. N. M., from station 1102, in 40° 32' N. lat., 70° 39' W. Ion., at a depth of 45 

 iathoms; Cat, No. 33362, U. S. N. M., from station 1160, in 40° 24' N. lat., 70° 35' W. Ion., 



