210 ORTHRAGORISCUS NASUS. 



Helder Callantsoog 



Distance from top of dorsal fin to top 



of anal fin 218 cM. 162 cM. 



Distance between tip of suout and an- 

 terior side of the root of dorsal fin. 122 cM. 77 cM. 



Distance between tip of snout and an- 

 terior side of the root of anal fin . 108 cM. 87 cM. 



Distance from tip of upper jaw to an- 

 terior side of the root of pectoral fin. 54 cM. 40 cM. 



Distance from tip of snout to anterior 



side of the root of pectoral fin . . 59,5 cM. 43 cM. 



Distance between tip of upper jaw to 



centre of the eye . 22 cM. 19,5 cM. 



Distance between tip of snout to centre 



of the eye 26 cM. 22,5 cM. 



Greatest breadth of the dorsal fin . . 41 cM. 

 „ „ of the anal fin . . 39 cM. 



The fish weighed 300 Kilo 90 Kilo 



The liver 9 Kilo 



The figure added to this note is made after a photograph 

 taken in the Museum directly after the arrival , and gives 

 at perfect idea of the habitus of the specimen. The animal 

 shall be stuffed and preserved in the collections of the 

 Leyden Museum. 



On the figure we can see, that the prominent snout is 

 not less developed than in the specimen from Callantsoog, 

 that there is a very obvious swell above the eye, most 

 prominent a little behind it, wliilst it disappears above 

 the middle of the pectoral fin. The cheek also finishes in 

 a swell, passing under and beyond the pectoral, so that, 

 having a frontview of the animal, the eyes and the pectoral 

 fins lie in a horizontal deepening of the body. 



Behind and under the pectoral fin horizontal , parallel 

 folds of the skin are to be seen, which are directed towards 

 the tail ; the upper one is the most developed. 



The band between the body and the tail, which latter 

 has 11 lobes of different size, has no deep grooves, and 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. XVIII, 



