2. coRTPn^NoiDES. 395 



6. Macrurus macrolepidotus. 

 Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 91. 



D. 11 I ... A. ... V. 7. 



Twelve scales between the vent and the dorsal line ; scales with 

 foiirteen or fifteen ribs, each rib armed with spines. The longest 

 rays of the anterior dorsal extend to the seventh ray of the posterior, 

 if laid backwards. (Kaup.) 



Hah. ? 



* 7. Macrurus txachyrhynchus. 



Giorna, Mem. Accad. Torin. 1805, p. 18. pi. 1. figs. 1 & 2, 

 Lepidoleprus trachyrliynchus, Hisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 197» pi. 7. fig. 21 

 (very bad), and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 243. 



B. 7. D. 11 I 110. A. 95. V. 6. 



Scales spiny. Dorsal fins close together ; scales along the base of 

 the dorsal and anal fins forming a sheath with projecting spines. 

 Ventrals inserted a little before the pectorals. Snout much pro- 

 duced, pointed. Inside of mouth blackish. {Risso.) 



Mediterranean. 



8. Macrurus japonicus. 

 Macrourus japonicus, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 256. pi. 112. fig, 2. 

 B. 6. D. 11 I ca 80. A. 77. V. 7. 



About five series of scales between the first dorsal and the lateral 

 line ; each scale with three to five keels terminating in trenchant 

 spines. The second dorsal ray is rather feeble, smooth, and extends 

 to the origin of the second dorsal fin, if laid backwards. Vent 

 situated below the middle of the distance between the two dorsals. 

 Ventrals thoracic. The length of the head is contained four times 

 and two-thirds in the total. Snout much produced, spatulate, pointed, 

 its length being contained twice and a fifth in that of the head. The 

 width of the interorbital space is three-quarters of the horizontal 

 diameter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head. 



Japan. 



a-b. Heads, in spirits. Japan. 



2. CORYPKffiNOIDES. 



Coryphaenoides, Gunner, Trondhj. Selsk. Skrift. iii. p. 50. 

 Macrourus, sp., Auct, 



Scales of moderate size, spiny or smooth. Snout short, obtuse, 

 obliquely truncated ; cleft of the mouth lateral. Head without pro- 

 minent ridges ; the suborbital ring is not joined to the angle of 

 the prseoperculum, nor is the latter supported by it. Praeopercular 

 angle with a very indistinct ridge. Teeth in the upper jaw in a 

 narrow band, those of the outer series larger than the others ; palate 

 smooth. Ventrals below the pectorals. A barbel. 



From Scandinavia to Madeira. Australia. 



