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Mca.sinrincut!i. 



Current number of specimen . 

 Locality 



Extreme Iciigtli 



Lousif h to base of midiUe caudal rays . 

 Body : 



(ricatest bei.ubt 



Gnatcsl width.. : 



Hei.trlit at ventrals 



Least lieigbt of tail 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Widtli of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



Leugtli of mandible 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Greatest height 



Length of adipose tin 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of ijasc 



Height at longest ray 



Caudal : 



I^ength of middle rays 



Leugt h of external rays 



Pectoi ai ; 



Distance from snout , 



Lengtli 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line (ca.) 



Number ot transverse rows above lateral line 



Number of transveiso rows below lateral line to ventral 



20092 

 Station 876-8 



Milli- 

 meters. 



112 

 07 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



10 



11 



8 



34 



12 

 19 

 4 



7G 



C 



10 



10 

 17 



1(5 



22 



40 



18 



11 



8 



5,7+9,7 



9 or 10 



52 



6J 



C 



NEMICHTHYID^. 



44. Nemichthys scolopaceus, Eichardsou. 



A single specimeii, No. 2G10G, was taken in 252 fathoms of water at 



station 880, It came up clinging with its long jaws to the outside of 



the trawl-net. 



SYNAPHOBEANCHID^. 



45. Syuaphobranchus pinnatus (Giouow) Giinllier. 



Specimens were obtained from the following localities: Station 880, 



252fothoms; 881, 325tVithoms; .891, 487 fathoms; 891, 305 fathoms. In 



the last-mentioned locality a specimen was taken carrying nearly mature 



eggs. 



SIMENCHELYID.E. 



46. Simenchelys parasiticus, Gill. 



iSimenchdijs parasiticii.s, Gill, in Goode &■ Be.au, Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 

 1879, p. 27. 

 A single S])ecimen, No. 2G172, was taken at a dej)! h of 487 fathoms at 

 station 892. 



