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tance from the vent equal to its own length. The distance of the ven- 

 trals from the tip of the snout equals one-fifth of the total length. The 

 dorsal begin.s over the anterior half of the pectoral ; the anal, under the 

 twenty- first dorsal ray. The length of the ijalatine series of teeth 

 equals half that of the maxilla. The tail is much stouter than in L. 

 mucosus, resembling that of the species known in this Museum as L. 

 Vahlii. 



Colors (taken from the fresh fish) : The colors are somewhat faded. 

 Ground -color brown, with red on the lower parts. Pectorals reddish- 

 brown on the upper half, the lower part carmine ; mottlings of whitish 

 at base. Mne bluish-white bands on the dorsal. A few irregular 

 blotches of the same color on the sides. Anal brown mingled with car- 

 mine ; lips similar. The brown of the body is more or less tinged with 

 carmine everywhere. Under side of head white. Tlie top of the head 

 and the gill-cov^ers have a few small blotches of whitish. A whitish 

 blotch about as long as the eye at the upper angle of the gill-opening. 



Mcasiircments. 

 (Taken from the fresh specimen.) 



Current number of specimen . 

 Locality 



Great Diomedo, 



Sept. 10, 1880. 



Extreme length 



Body : 



Greatest heia:ht 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrals 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Greatest length to upper gill opening . 



Distance from snout to nape 



Greatest width 



Wiuth of interorbital area 



Widtli of interorbital area on bone 



Lengtli of snout 



Length of palatine series of teeth 



Length of maxillary 



Length of intermaxillary 



Lengtli of mandible 



Distance from snout to orl)it 



Diameter of eye 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Longest ray. .' 



Distance of vent from snout 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Len gt h 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegala 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Milli- 

 meters. 



64 

 49 

 51 



114 

 110 

 84 

 73 

 28 

 7 

 34 

 29 

 60 

 31 

 63 

 39 

 11 



143 

 331 



265 



230 



27 



?40 



124 

 63 



96 

 11 



vr 



87 

 69 

 18 

 8 



lOOths of 

 length. 



23i 

 23 



m 

 1.1 



6 



yj 



6 

 14 



30 

 70 



7 



52 



Si 



GO 



13 



20 

 24 



Proe- Nat. Mus. 81- 



-10 



June 22, 1881. 



