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Body : 



Greatest depth 36 



Least depth of tail I'l 



Leugth of caudal i>eduuclo '-il 



Head: 



Greatest length 25.5 



Width of iuterorbital area 9 



Length of snout 7 



Length of maxillary.. 6 



Diameter of eye 7 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 37. 5 



Length of base 43.5 



Height of longest spine 12 



Height of highest soft ray 12 



Anal : 



Length of base 16. 5 



Height of longest ray 9 



Caudal : 



Length of middle raj's 13.2 



Length of outer rays 25 



Pectoral, length 24 



Ventral, leugth 19 



Dorsal rays VIII, 17 



Anal rays Ill, 20 



Scales 4-43-13 



Transverse series below lateral line 35 



San Feancisco, Cal., February 28, 1880. 



UEM^KIS'TIOIV OF A NEW FB.OUM'roER (PtiATI^SOITlATflCEaTHVS 

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By DAVID §. J®KDA1V amd CMARI.ES H. GII.BEIt'ff'. 



Body extremely elongate for the family, thin, and strongly compressed, 

 riead rather long and slender; the snpnt somewhat pointed. Mouth 

 extremely large and oblique, the lower jaw included; the maxillary very 

 long and slender, reaching much beyond the eye, its length about half 

 that of the head. Premaxillary in front above the level of the lower eye. 



Teeth ia the upper jaw anteriorly long, slender, and wide-set. Some 

 of the teeth very freely depressible, the larger ones scarcely movable. 

 Posteriorly the teeth are much smaller, close-set, and fixed in two rows ; 

 the inner row continuous with the larger anterior series, the outer row 

 extending outside of some of the enlq^rged teeth. 



Teeth in the lower jaw ver^^ sharp and slende\^, long, and wide-set, 

 alternating with shorter ones, which are very freely depressible. Out- 

 side of the larger teeth is a series of small, fixed, close-set teeth. The 

 larger teeth in each jaw are distinctly arrow-shaped. Pharyngeal teeth 

 apparently in one row. 



