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above, the profile abruptly decurved; upper jaw extending far beyond 

 the lower; cheeks very full and j)rotuberant; teeth of both jaws iu a 

 single series except at the symphysis ; a few teeth clustered at the head 

 of the vomer 5 palatines with a single series ; teeth very stout, recurved 

 and sharply pointed ; scales covering the entire body and extending on 

 the bases of the vertical fins ; head and pectoral fins scaleless ; dorsal tin 

 inserted at less than one-fourth the entire length from the snout. Head 

 7; depth 17. D. 11C;A. 100. {Goode & Bean.) Le Have Banks. 

 (Goodo & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 44.) 



1204. li. I'orrilli Goode & Bean. 



Light grayish brown above ; below, pearly white ; sides with irregular 

 brown patches bisected by the lateral line ; abdominal region livid blue; 

 a spot of brown on the tip of tail. Body very elongate. Head much 

 depressed ; maxillary nearly reaching posterior margin of orbit ; upper 

 jaw much the longer; profile very convex, snout obtusely rounded 

 above. Head 5|; depth about 13. D. 92; A. 88. {Goode & Bean.) 

 Coast of Massachusetts and northward, in deep water. 



(Goode and Bean, Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, xiv, 1878, 474.) 



>aa. Body moderately elongate, its depth G-10 times iu the length. 

 I'i05. L.. vallli Reinhardt. 



Brownish yellow, with 6 blackish cross-bands extending on the dor- 

 sal fin and confluent on the belly ; the first cross-band on and below the 

 anterior dorsal »rays, the second above the vent; adults nearly uniform 

 blackish. Head nearly twice as long as high; snout long, the maxil- 

 lary reaching to opposite middle of eye; distance of vent from ventrals 

 nearly equal to length of head; ventral fins less than one-fourtli as long 

 AS, i^ectorals; vertical fins scaly; body wholly scaly. Head 4^; depth 

 8u D. IIG ; A. 93; V. 4 ; vert. 25 -f 87. North Atlantic. {Gilnther.) 



.(Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. vii, 153, 1838; Gunther, iv, 319 ; Gill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 2G0.) 



1306. 1,. esBMarki Crllett. 



Brownish black, with a whitisb -yellow patch on the nape, and 5-8 

 transverse bands of the same color across the dorsal and posteriorly 

 across the anal, these bands becoming broken into annular spots, with 

 age. Body behind front of dorsal scaled; vertical fins scaly; nape 

 scaly; snout obtuse; maxillary not more than half head; lateral line 

 indistinct, divided; pectorals 8 in length. Head 4J; depth 8. D. 110; 



