396 DEEP-SKA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



Tlie 7^/.s7i rTairli- secured specimens from the, following lofalities: Cat. No. 26062, U. S. 

 N. M., from stations 879-880, between 39° 40' 30" N. lat., 70° 54' W. Ion., and 39° 48' 30" N. 

 lat., 70° 54' W.lon., at a depth of from 225 to 2524 fathoms; Cat. Nos. 26163, 26160, 26187, 

 and 20194, IT. S. N. M., from station 893, in 39° 52' 20" N. lat., 70° 58' ^Y. Ion., at a depth of 272 

 fathoms; Cat. Nos. 20168, 20194, 20217, and 20218, U. S. N. M., from station 894, in 39° 53' N. 

 lat., 70° 58' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 365 fathoms; Cat. Nos, 26191, 26195, and 26210, U. S. 

 K M., from station 895, in 39° 56' 30" N. lat., 70° 59' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 238 fathoms; 

 Cat. No. 26193, U. S. K M., from station 892, in 39° 46' K lat., 71° 05' W. lou., at a depth of 

 487 fathoms; Cat. Nos. 20212, 26217, and 26218, F. S. N. M., from station 891, in 39° 46' N. 

 lat., 71° 10' W. Ion., at a depth of 480 (1) fathoms; Cat. Nos. 25924 and 26005, U. S. K M., 

 from station 870, in 40° 02' 30" N. lat., 70° 22' 58" W. Ion., at a depth of 155 fathoms; Cat. 

 No. 20000, U. S. N. M., from station 879, in 39° 49' 30" N. lat., 70° 54' W. Ion., at a depth of 

 225 fathoms; Cat. No. 20103, U, S. N. M., from station 881, in 39° 40' 30" N. lat., 70° 54' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 325 fathoms; Cat. No. 20110, U. S.N.M., froin station 879, in 39° 49' 30" 

 N. lat., 700 54' w. Ion., at a depth of 225 fathoms; Cat, No. 26126, IT. S. N. M., from station 

 880, in 390 48' 30" N. lat., 70° 54' W, Ion., at a depth of 352 J fjithoms; Cat. No. 26198, IT. S. 

 N. M., from station 894, in 39° 53' N. lat., 70° 58' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 365 fathoms; 

 Cat. No. 26734, U. S. N. M., from station 898, in 37° 24' N. lat., 74° 17' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 300 fathoms; Cat. No. 28722, F. S. N. M., from station 925, in 39° 55' N. lat., 70° 47' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 229 fathoms; Cat. No. 28739, U. S. N. M., from station 924, in 39° 57' 30" 

 N. lat., 700 46' W. Ion., at a depth of 104 fathoms; Cat. No. 2S773, IT. S. N. M., from station 

 938, in 390 51' N. lat., 09° 49' 15" W, Ion., at a depth of 317 fathoms; Cat. No. 28787, U. S. 

 N. M., from station 937, in 39° 49' 25" N. lat., 69° 49' W. Ion., at a depth of 616 fathoms; 

 Cat. No. 28852, IT. S. N. M., from station 952, in 39° 55' N. lat!, 70^ 28' W, Ion., at a depth 

 of 396 fathoms; Cat. No. 28892, U, S, N. M., from station 1026, in 39^50' 30" N. lat., 71° 23' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 182 fathoms ; Cat. No. 28896, U, S. N. M., from station 997, in 39° 42' N. 

 lat., 710 32' W. Ion., at a depth of 335 fathoms ; Cat. No. 28903, IT. S. N. M., from station 999, 

 in 390 45' 13" N. lat., 71° 30' W.lon., at a depth of 200 fathoms ; Cat. No. 28909, U. S. N, M,, 

 fi-om station 1025, in 39° 49' N. lat., 71° 25' W. Ion., at a depth of 216 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 28913, U. S. N. M., from station 994, in 39" 40' N. lat., 71° 30' W. Ion., at a depth of 308 

 fathoms; Cat. No. 28931, IT, S.N. M., from station 1028, in 39° 57' N. lat., 09° 17' W, Ion., at 

 a depth of 410 fothoms; Cat. No, 29049, IT. S. N, M., from station 1045 in 38° 35' N. lat., 

 730 13 W. Ion., at a depth of 312 fathoms; Cat. No. 29078, U. S. N. M., from station 1049, 

 from 380 28' N, lat., 73° 22' W. Ion., at a depth of 435 fathoms; Cat, No, 31740, IT. S. N. M., 

 from station 1128, In Vineyard Sound, at a depth of 9 fathoms; Cat. No. 31770, IT. S. N. M., 

 from station 1143, in 39° 29' N. lat., 72° 01' W. Ion., at a depth of 4.52 fathoms; Cat. No, 

 31855, IT, S. N. M., from station 1153, in .39o 54' K lat., 70° 37' W, Ion., at a depth of 225 

 fathoms; and Cat. No. 31880, U, S. N. M., from station 1154, in 39° 55' 31" N. lat,, 70° 39' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 193 fathoms. 



MACEUEUS HOLOTRACHYS, Gunther. 



Alacrurus holotrarhys, Gunther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1878, II, 24.; Challenger Report, xxil, 00, PI. 

 XXVIII, fig. B. — Vaillant, Exp. Sci. Trav. et Tal., 241, ]>!. xxii, fig. 3. 



Snout moderately produced, as long as the eye, which is large, one-third of the length of 

 the head, its vertical diameter being considerably more than the width of the interorbital 

 space. Anterior edge of the snout with three rough prominences, one in the middle and 

 one on each side. Mouth inferior, lower side of the head naked. Each scale ■with a median 

 series of spinelets, and with two or more isolated spinelets besides; the medians are the 

 strongest, forming with their fellows continuous longitudinal lines on the body. Upper 

 and lateral portions of the head covered with irregular, rough scales; lower naked. There 

 are five scales in a transverse series between the first dorsal spine and lateral line. Teeth 

 of the lower jaw in a very narrow band. Distance between the two dorsal fins scarcely 

 equal to the length of the base of the first. Second dorsal spine with small barbs anteriorly; 



