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a. Gill rakers very short; dorsal fiu on binder half of body. 



b. Dorsal fin well forward, its last ray inserted nearly over the first of anal; luminous spots over and 

 behind anal forming a nearly continuous series. 

 c. Luminous spots appearing as impressions on the skin, not placed <,n l)lack globular bodies- anal 



rays 25 to 30; double row of spots behind pectorals ceasing at ventrals Mai-hoi icrs 



cc. Luminous spots occurring as "convex pearls, each sitting on a l>l,ack gl,)bular body-" anal rays 



about U; double row of spots behind pectorals reaching aual ViNciGUEURiA.'nevv -cnn's 



bb. Dorsal fin farther back, nearly opposite aual, its (irst ray nearly over the front of anal; luminous 

 spots over and behind anal gathered in r, clusters of 2 to 4 each, the spots on a black back- 

 ground; star-shaped pigment spots along lateral line: anal rays about 21. 



VAl.K.\tiENNEi,n:s, new genus. 

 VINCIGUERRIA, Jordan & Evermann. 



This genus is close to MaHrolieii.s, from wbicli it difVers, according to Liitkeii, cliiefly 

 iu the cliaracter of its lumiuous spots which are pearl like and placed on bhmk globular 

 bodies. Anal short, of lirays. (Named for Dr. Decio Vinciguerra, director of the Acquario 

 Eoinauo, and oue of the most active and scholarly of the naturalists of Italy.) 



VINCIGIIEKRIA ATTENUATA (Cocco) .Jordan & Evermanu. 



Maiifolkiis attenuatuH, Cocco, Lett. su. Salmon., 33, 1838, coast of Italy; GiiNTiiEi!, Cat., v, 390, 1861; 



LfTKKN, .^polia Atlantica, 271, 1892. 

 Scojwlits tinon-i, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. I'oiss., xxii, 440, 184!); after Cocco. 



Head 3f ; depth 6. 1). 12; A. 14. Last ray of dorsal just behiud vertical from origiu 

 of anal. Luminous spots slightly prominent, '-appearing as convex pearl.s, each sitting ou 

 a black globular body;" 12 to 14 i>airs of spots between frout of aual and base of caudal; 

 upper row from gill opening to veutrals with 12, 11 between ventrals and anal; from tip of 

 isthmus to anal, 7+16+10=33 spots. Length 2 inches. Open Atlantic, west to the 

 Bahamas; in deej) water. (Liitken, etc.) 



VALEXCIENXELU'S, .Jordan A Evermann. 



This genus is close to Maurolicu.s but with the dorsal fin farther back, opposite anal, its 

 first ray nearly over front of anal. Photophores above aiuil gathered in about five (-lusters, 

 each ou a black background; anal fiu long. Deep sea. (Named for Achille ^'alencienues, 

 the associate of Cuvier, author of the greater part of the " Histoire Naturelle des Poissons," 

 a noble work which is the foundation of modern ichthyology.) 



VALENCIENXELLU.S TKIPUNCTULATUS (Esmark) .lordau & Evermanu. 



MauroUcus tripunciidatiis, Esmauk, Chrisfiania Vid. Selsk., Eorh.. 488, 1870, Mailagascar; LiiTKEK, Spolia 

 Atlantica, Scopeliui, 49, 1892. 



Head 3!|; depth 33. D. or 10; A. about 24. launinous spots arranged in and placed 

 ou black bodies, 10 pairs in the lower row from pectorals to ventrals; ."> between ventrals 

 and anal; o black areas between vent and caudal about equidistant, and each one with 2 or 

 4 small luminous spots set close together (tlic first ."> with 3 each, the fourth with 2, ami the 

 last with 4); 1 spot ou preopercle, 4 near shoulder girdle; ."» in an upper row behiud pecto- 

 ral; head and region along lateral line with a row of about 10 black pigment spots, some of 

 them star-shaped, with many radiations, these largest posteriorly; large and small ones 

 interspersed. First ray of dorsal slightly before first of anal. Two specimens known, one 

 from Madagascar and oue from Denmark Straits, between Greeulaiul and Iceland. 



For Opisthopfortits soleatus see figures and description in Vaillant. We have -seen the 

 specimen, but it is incomprehensible to us. 



Page 96: Chauliotlus. Insert C. J/rtco«Hi. P.ean (Proc. U. S. N. M., xiii, 1890, 44), 

 described from a single specimen, obtained at Albatro.su station 2S60, ott' Cape St. James, 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, at a depth of 876 fathoms. 



G. Schnekleri (= C. Sloani) was said by Kisso to have been taken in moycmus projondeurs 

 off Nice, but its Mediterranean habitat is probably in iu)t less than .".OO fathoms. The type 

 of the species, originally described by Mark Catcsby, the Virginia naturalist, under the 

 name of Vipera marina, was obtained at (iibraltar. 

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