DIf;OtISSTO\ OF Sl'KCIES AND THEIR DISTIMBUTION. 491 



times ill this lengtb. Tiiis Ibriu is iiiaro, slender than that fi},'urcd hy CiinfliiT, and has fivo 

 rays in the dorsal, and ai)parciitly fifteen in fh(> ijpcforal. 



There are no vumerines. Tlie interniaxi Mary and iiiandihlti are ariiied with a narrow 

 hand of depressible teeth of various leni;ths. Tiie skin li:is a tine granular ai)itcaraiice 

 and is everywhere e.overcd with minnte i>iie,kles. Tlic median (h>nn;il (■i^^lncI(^ referreil to 

 in the description of this species has been torn ofT. The <!aruncles are only L' in number 

 and situated as in Mfniridias iiranoacnpiin. as lignred in tjie ('halleiiii-er Fishes. TIk^ length 

 of the dorsal spine, without tiie joint bearing tiie pear-shaped appendage, equals tlie dis- 

 tance from the gill oi)ening to the root of the tail; the joint be:iring the appendage is 

 two-lifths of this distance. T'he length of th{>. specimen at prc^sent is about 2;,; inch(>s. In 

 M((})ci(liiifi iirrnKisropns (L'(>1.">!)) tln^ lirst dors;il, witliont the juint beniing the appendage, 

 contains the distance from tlie gill (ipening to f lie root of the tail 1 \ times. The joint con- 

 taining the a]tpendage is one-half as long as fh(( distance fioin the, gill opening to the root 

 of the tail. The dermal iMrinn-les ai-e distant IVoni the dorsal a spaeee(|ual to one-sixth of 

 the distance from the gill opening to the root ol' the, tail. In Ti/jilihiiisdi-ns SInifeliJtii t])e 

 caruncles are placed at a, distance from the (hn-sal a space contained U times in (he dis- 

 tance from the gill opening to the loot of the tail. 



In the specimens described by Goode and Beau as MoHcnUuH uranoseopus (No. 2r>l.")9), 

 the hMigtli 3| inches, the length of the maxilla is one-third the hmgth from the gill opening 

 to the root of the tail, and tln^ intcrniaxilla 3i times in the sanu^ distance. The teeth in the 

 iaws are depressible, in narrow bands, and of unecjual size. The vomer is toothless. 



There are two small carnnch^s not far from th(^ front of the dorsal fin, and instead of 

 being placed opi)osite each other, according to the usual arrangement, one is placed 

 behind the other. The skin is covered with minute grannies or impilhe, each one sur- 

 mounted by a slender prickle, as in Tt/iihlopstiras. 



The pectoral of this individual contains 15 rays. The pectorals of T. Shiifrhltii are 

 imjierfect. 



In the note published by Dr. (ioodc in Troeeediiigs n. S. Nat. i\Iiis., vol. in. 1881, 

 469, the length of this specimen is stated to be 185 millimeters, which is a misi)iint for 85 

 millimeters. 



CRYPTOPSARAS, Gill. 



CniptnpsarnK, OiLL, Forest and Stream, Nov. S, 1,S.S.3, 284. 



Ceratiines with shortened trunk, longitudinally convex bat-k, small but consi)icuous 

 eyes, concealed basal joint of the anterior spine and elongated terminal joint, a large inter- 

 mediate globular, and a. pair of snbpednnculated hiteial dorsal ai)pcndages near (he front 

 of the dorsal fin, and well developeil pectorals of about 15 rays, {(lill.) 



Giinther's Crrntmfi (wnnculatus vi:\^ obtained by the VhaUoxjir frojii a depth of ."US 

 fathoms, at station i;.;2, south of Yeddo, in Japan, the single si.eciin<-ii being 1.^ inches 

 long. 



CKYPTOPSAWA.S CDIJKSII, Cii.i.. (Fii;. 4(1L>.) 



Cruplopmra^ Cowrsii, Gll.l., Forest, a n.l Strei.in, Nov. S, 1S8H, L'S4.-.Ioki.an, ^::.t. Fish. N. A. lS,sr,, 139.- 



[(iCiNTHEii, Cliallenscr Report, xxil, .">.] 

 Cirntim caruuciihituii, GiiNTirEr:, op. cH., ."w, pi. XI, lif;. 1). 



The basal joint of the rndlike spine is almost entirely conc.-aled and procumbent, and 

 tiie distal joint alone free, reaching ba.'kward to (be dorsal tubercle; the bulb is ).yrifonii, 

 and surmounted by a long whitish (ilament: the d.nsal and anal have each 4 spines, the 

 caudal S (the 4 middle dichotomous), and the pectorals each about 15 r.ays. The species 

 w:is named after the eminent ornithologist Dr. Hlliott Cones, {(hll.) 



A specimen of Cryptop.aras (('a(. Xo. 3;;55S. U.S. Nat. Mas.) was obtained, by the 

 AlhatroHS, from station 2101, in 38° 18' 30" N. lat., (i8o 21' W. Ion., at a depth ol 1080 

 fathoms. 



