DISCTSSION OF SPKCIICS AND THKIi; lUSTI.'TIU'TION. 487 



ANTKXXAIMIIS I'l.KIM;! i|'|| niA l,.\HS, Cii.L. 



AaiennariiiK jdriiraplilliulmiix. tU\A„ ]'\i,r. Aciul. N:i.l. Sci. I'lrihi., isr;:;. !)2: Proi;. IT. S. Nat. .\fiis., v. l.S8r!, 

 "ifiti. — JoRliAN :niil (iir.i-.Kiii-, IIiill., \\i. i;. S. \. M.. SIC). 



"The anterior dorsal eijuals aboiit ;i tliiid of I lie Icii.utli of I lie caudal fin and lias ;it its 

 end a laciiiiated or trini;i'd lohe cxtcndin.u upward; liu'. second is moderate, sliulitiy curved, 

 •lud ratlnn- Ioniser t.liaii tlie first, ami with a. nieinlimne exti-inlins;- nearly to the base of flic 

 third spine: the latter is free, extends liackward nearly lo liic fin, and aJniost connected 

 with it by the nieinbrane. The skin is covered with ininiit-e bilnrcatcd s|iiiics. 



•'The color is brown, marbled with liji'liter, especially belbrc and behind the dorsals 

 anil a.l>ove the pectorals; distant black dots arc also scat tcrcd over the body. Three lar,<;e 

 ocelli or black spots, maryiiied with lii^ht l)rown, m-v on I'acli side: one at tin; middle of the 

 basal half of the dorsal, a secoud belov.', intermediate between it and the anus, and a third 

 in tlie middle of the caudal tin. The floor of the muntii bchiiiil the tongue is black, with 

 whitish-yellow radiatins' lines, while the toii;;ne itself is li;;lit brown, with darker radial iiig- 

 bands or spots," {Gill.) 



This species is probably i)elii.<'ic and not abyssal. 



Specimens were obtained by the HldJcc from station nrxLii, in 2:P 1:5' N, laf., S'.i"' Hi' \V. 

 Ion., at a depth of S4 fathoms, and from station ncxxvft, in 21^ .'M' N. hit., 83"- W \V. Ion., 

 at a de])th of 36 fathoms. Also by the Albatross from station 240-1, in 2So 44' N, lat., 

 sr.o Ki' W, hm,, at a depth of CO fathoms; from staf ion 240."., in 28o 4.->' NT. hit., S'yO 02' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 30 fathoms; and from station 231S, in 24 ■ 2.".' 4.V' N. lat., sl^ 40' 4."." W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 4.~) fathoins. 



CHAUNAX, l.owe. 



Cliiiuiia.r, Lowe, Tr;iiis. Zoill. Sdc. I.miilDn, in, IsKi. :{:!I1.— I iC x riiicit, Cat. Fi.ili, I'.rit. .Miis.. in. L'dO.— nii.i., 

 Proe. U. S. Nat,. Mns., i, 1S7S, 2l'2. 



Antennariids with heaii very laruc, depicssed, eiiiioid: inoiith clett, wide, subvert ic;il. 

 Jaws and palate with bands of small teeth. Spinous dorsal re|aesentcd liy a small rostral 

 tentacle receivable into jiroove behind it. Soft dorsal moderate, low. Anal short. Ven- 

 trals present, liranchiie 2i, I'scndobranchia' absent. 



ClfAflNAX I'lCTI'S, |,,,ua.;. (j-ininv :!;is.) 



Chaiiiinr pirliis, T.oWF., Trans. Zoi'U. Sor. T,onil.. rii. IStil. :;:::». f'l. M (spMiiiicn tioni oil" Ma,ilcira). — fii''.VTHER, 

 Cat. Fi.sli. I'.rit. Mas., ill, ISOl, 200.— liii.i., I'roc. Aciul. Nat. S.i., I'liila,., ISd:;. Ill) (j;.'mTii- ilia.ijnnsls in 

 N.ynop.sis of famil.v); Proc. LI. 8. Nat. Miis., i. ISTS. 222.— (i..oi,K, rroc f. S. Nat. Miis., iii. 170.— 

 .Jordan and Cilueht. J'.ntl. Hi, U. S. Nal. Mas., SKi.— (ii.NTiiKK, t'lialliin,!5er I.Vport, xxii. 1SS7. 5S, PI. 

 X, Via;. A.— Vaii.i.ant, Kxp. Sci. 'J'ravaillcnr ct 'I'all.snian, ISSS. .'IIS. PI. \xviii, Fii{s. i-ii.— Ai.coCK. 

 Ann. "and Mag. Nat. Hist., 18«1, :W1. 

 ChammxfuuhrUilHx, lln.<a5Ni)OR|.-, Sitziin-slMT. (JcsHlscli. Natiirf. Kirini,!,-. 1S7I1, SO (/;,/,• I i,iiilli.-i-. | «,..•<■, m.-ns 

 fromtheSeaof.Iapau].— STEiNi.AcnxKii and H.n.Kia.KiN. 1 i,MiKs,'ln-. K. Akad. Wiss. Wini. xiix. 1SS7, 

 lit4. 



Kostral tentacle, short, pedieellab'; inucifcroiis cliaiiiiels. ai)|.caiiiig- as ehainlike rows 

 of pits. Head, L',; dciith, 5i. Color, oi,an,<;e; sides, roseate: fin-;, s.arlct. 

 Eadial formula: D. i-U : A. .".: i'. II ; V. I: <'■ '■ 

 Numerous .specimens have been obtained by the /.'/((Ac, the Fish llan-h: and the Alha- 



trons, at depths of l.!(» to 42S fathoms, fr the followin.- stations: lilaLr, IX, ofV Karbados, 



2,SS fatUoms, Fish Hawk, sm (No. 2(;02I, Nat. Mus.), 102 fathoms: Alhatross. 2.T,0. 130 

 fathoms; 2395,347 fathoms; 2300,335 fathoins: 2212, 12S fathoms. 



Lowe and .b.hnson both ixot it off M: ira. (iiinfher found it in the r//-f//r/,//.r collec- 

 tion taken near the Fiji [.slanils (slafioii IT.'.i, ■■".I.", fathoms. 



The Talisman, obtained it at station i.xxv. olf Soudan. Africa, 830 mcter.s, and at sta- 

 tion I'XIII, A, near the (Jape \erde.s. TOO m.^tcrs. The l„rrsll,,alor dred,-ed it n. the Hay 

 of IJennal, lat, 20^ 17' .30" N., Ion. SS ' r,\' K., at a, depth of 272 fathoms. 



(tiinther has identified tin- (lerinan sperics describ.-d tVoiu the Sea of .lapan as C, 

 funhfiaiiis as being the same. 



