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2. Lotella rhacinus. 



Gadus rhacinus, Forst. Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 304. 

 Phycis tinea, var., Bl. Schn. p. 56. 



B. 7. D. 5 I 68. A. 62. V. 6. 



Ventral fins pointed, thick. The height of the body ia one-fourth 

 of the total length, the length of the head two-ninths. Upper jaw 

 longer than the lower. Uniform blackish. 



Queen Charlotte's Sound (New Zealand). 



3. Lotella faliginosa. 



D. 9 I 50. A. 54. V. 9. 



The two outer ventral rays produced into filaments. Uniform 

 brown ; fins blackish ; ventral filaments white. 

 Hah. ? 



a. Eight inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



Description of the specimen. — Head rather short and broad ; its 

 length is one-fourth of the total, and its depth nearly equal to its 

 width. The snout is rather short and obtuse, equal in length to the 

 diameter of the eye, which is two-ninths Of the length of the head. 

 The upper jaw overlaps the lower, and the maxillary extends be- 

 yond the vertical from the middle of the eye. Barbel rather longer 

 than the eye. Nostiils close together, immediately in front of the 

 eye. Interorbital space flat, its width being equal to the vertical 

 diameter of the orbit. The teeth in the upper jaw form a band, 

 with an outer series of widely-set stronger teeth. Lower jaw armed 

 with a single series of teeth, equal in size to those of the outer series 

 of the upper jaw. Operculum obtusely rounded behind. Branchio- 

 stegals seven. GiU-membranes attached to the isthmus. 



Body and tail compressed^ the latter tapering posteriorly, so that 

 its least depth is equal to one diameter of the eye. The dorsal fins 

 are close together, of equal height, and, like the anal, enveloped in a 

 scaly membrane : the anterior commences vertically above the root 

 of the pectoral, and the posterior terminates at a short distance from 

 the caudal. The vent is in the vertical from the fifth ray of the 

 second dorsal. Caudal rounded. The length of the pectoral equals 

 the distance of the middle of the orbit from the margin of the oper- 

 culum. Ventral inserted at some distance in front of the pectoral, 

 with flat base, and with the filamentary ray extending nearly to the 

 vent. 



The scales are very small, and on the head minute, the snout being 

 naked. 



4. Lotella bacchus. 



Gadus bacchus, Forst. Descr. Anim. ed. Licht. p. 120. 

 Enchelyopus bachus, Bl. Schn. p. 53. 



B. 7. D. 10 I 42. A. 40. V. 6. 



Ventral fins pointed. The length of the head is one-fourth of the 



