434 ADDENDA. 



covered with rather large scales. Caudal fin small, forked, covered 

 with scales at the hase ; pectoral falciform, not quite as long as the 

 head, and not extending on to the vent ; ventrals much shorter, with 

 the spine very feeble. The scales are large, especially on the trunk, 

 with the margin irregularly notched ; they become smaller on the tail ; 

 but the thoracic region is covered with very large ones, especially one 

 between the ventrals being not much smaller than the operculum. 

 Lateral, fine none. 



Colour entirely black. 



Madeira. 



a. From the Collection of the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



lines. 



Total length 41 



Height of the body 91 



Length of the head Ill 



Least depth of the tail 3^ 



Diameter of the eye \\ 



The first specimen discovered of this species has unfortunately 

 perished, and this second example is the only one which has been 

 found since : both were obtained at a place called Magdalena. The 

 affinities of this fish are unmistakeably Berycoid, and the nearest 

 genus allied to it is Beryx. 



