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second dorsal, but lower. The pectoral is inserted on the middle of 

 the body, and its length is two-thirds of that of the head. Ventrals 

 very narrow, slender, with the outer ray produced into a filament, 

 which does not extend to the origin of the anal. 



The scales extend over the whole head, the thin lips being naked. 



Uniform brownish ; pectoral and anal whitish ; axil, chin and belly 

 blackish ; inside of mouth white. 



9. URALEPTUS. 



Uraleptus, Costa ( Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 87). 



Body elongate, compressed and tapering posteriorly, covered with 

 small scales. A separate caudal ; two dorsal fins and one anal ; ventral 

 fins narrow, with flat base, composed of six rays. Upper and lower 

 jaw with an outer series of strong curved teeth. Vomerine and 

 palatine teeth none. Chin without barbel. Branchiostegals seven. 



Mediterranean and the neighbouring parts of the Atlantic. 



1. Uraleptus maraldi 



Gadus maraldi, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. \'2Z. pi. 6. fig. 13. 

 Merlucius maraldi, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 220. 



attenuatus, Cocco. 



Uraleptus maraldi, Costa, Faun. Napol. pi. 37a. 

 GadeUa gracilis, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 91.* 



D. 10 1 55-58. A. 56-62. V. 6. L. lat. ca 120. 

 Jaws of equal length. Eight series of scales between the first 

 dorsal and the lateral line. 

 Mediterranean. Madeira. 



a. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 

 h-c. Adult. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 



Description. — The head is rather thick, its greatest width being 

 equal to its height, which is somewhat more than one-half of its 

 length ; its length is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). The 

 cleft of the mouth is oblique, wide, the maxillary extending to below 

 the posterior margin of the orbit. The lower jaw is received within 

 the upper, but both are nearly equal in length anteriorly ; they are 

 armed with a series of rather large, curved, widely set teeth, and 

 there is another series of small teeth within the outer in the upper 

 jaw. Snout rather broad, obtusely rounded, scarcely longer than the 

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

 The interorbital space is emarginate on each side by the upper part 

 of the orbit, and its width is somewhat more than the diameter of 

 the eye. Nape of the neck broad, scarcely elevated, with a spine on 



* I have examined the typical specimen of GadeUa gracilis, which is preserved 

 in the Collection of the Philosophical Society of the University of Cambridge. 

 It belongs to this species, and has two dorsal fins,— Mr. Lowe probably having 

 taken the natural interspace between the two fins as an accidental rent. (See 

 also p. 348.) 



