590 



SCANDINAVIAN IISIIKS. 



MACliriM'S liUrESTlMS (sw. SKOLASTEX"). 



VU\r XXVII A. fi-. 2, 



Siioiit blunt {of (I liraad jijirintihlal slmjii') diiil likr the rest of the licdd irill/uiit sliorji (nil// onli/ hhint) carina': 

 its length less thim the least hn-diltli of tlif ii(ti-r<irhital space, irhicli is f/reati-r than of c/jnal to ',',; (o8':^ — i'>?>'2 % 

 in speciniciis cxMiniiied by iis, which mi'c between 121 and 885 luni. h^ng) of tin- Iciif/th of the head and areater 

 than the loni/iladinal diaineti'r of thr orltits (i;!;! — 144 %) or more thai/ " .j (Sl'lj — 7IV'.l ''/) of the ]iosforliif/d Ivnqth 

 of the head, than ' ., (37"5 — 33"8 %) of the distance l>etween the first dorsal fin and the tip of the snout, than '/u, 

 (72—93 %) of the breadth across the cheeks at the centre of the ei/es, or than "*/- (8;)-6— 88-4 %) of the length of 

 the hnrer Jan:, n-hich is less than ^Z, (42"6 — 37 %) of the length of the head, or ationt " . (42"2 — 37'5 %) of the 

 distance lictn-i'en the first dorsal fin and the tiji of the snunt, and less than the jiosforbifal length of the head. 

 Month nearlfi terminal and hderal : its breadth at the corners more tiian ''.. (70 — 8()'.j "./) of the breadth across 

 the cheeks at the (cntrc of the eges. I.en.i^tli of the head aliuut ' ,. — ' , (IN — 2() %) of that of the body, about 

 equal to (10.") — 1)5 % of) tiie distance of the iirst dorsal tin fnjiu the tip of the snout, about '/a (^4 — 45 %) of that 

 between the second dorsal and tlie same point, and about ' ,, (73"2 — (jr7 %) of the distance lietween tlie anal fin 

 ^and the tip of the snout. Depth of the body (in adult specimens) at tlie beginning of the tirst dorsal fin about '/„ of 

 the length, at the beginning of the second dorsal tin about ' j„ or ', ,, of the same. Pectoral tins without brachiate 

 base. Lengtii of the base of tlie tirst dorsal fin about ^,.^ (28 — 37 ?i) of the distance between the two dorsal 

 tins, \vhich is nearly twice tlie breadth across tlie cheeks at the centre of the eves. <> or 7 scales in a rtnr 

 from the end of the first dorsal fin to the lateral line. No bare spot (except the anal aperture) in the median 

 line of the l)elly. Scales densely corercd irith spines throughout their free sarface. but vithout carina'. Second 

 rag of the first dorsal fin sping or (in old specimens) at least granulated on tlie front surface: its length in 

 young specimens greater, in old generally less, than " ., of the depth of the Ijody at its base. Length of the 

 barbel uudei' the c\\\u less than {civ almiit e(pial to) '/,; "f tliat of flic lower jaw. Jan--teefh cardifortn. of uni- 

 form size or with the teeth in the outer roir jierceptibhi larger than the others. 



-2.S; V. 



8—10 - 

 Lin. f:j)i. traiisv. 20 — 27 (otl |jii 



172 (190); /I. 104-193; 

 cijfr.); 



in front, while behind the fin rises somewhat higher 

 than usual, so that a little in front of the tip of the 

 tail it is only slightly lower than the anal fin at tiie 

 same ])oint. The eyes are rather small, the longitudinal 

 diameter of the orbits being less than ", j,, (=27 — 23 %) 

 of the length of tiie head, a sign that the deep-.sea 

 character is not so jjronounced as in the preceding 

 species. The eariiue on the head are blunt, though 

 they occupy tlie same position as in the preceding 

 species and in dried s]jecimens or those which have 

 long been preserved in si)irits, are distinctly prominent. 

 Tliese three characteristics are enough always to render 

 this S]iecies easily recognisable among its congeners in 

 our fauna. However, the interspinal bones (the sup- 

 ports of the dorsal rays) are jierfectly developed lie- 

 tween the muscles (.)f file back even in the space be- 

 tween the two dorsal fins, where no rays are present; 

 and in a young specimen, 121 mm. in length, we ob- 

 serve not only that the second dursid fin begins with 

 Mairurus rujiestris is one of the Macruroids tliat I distinct rays considerably further forward than in old 

 have the second dorsal fin extremely little developed | si)ecimens and only slightly behind the first third of 



" = Shoemaker's last. 



/,'. In: G: />,. (1) + 



1 



6 — 7 

 Vert, fi.3— 89. 



Sijn. Bcrijla.v (CorypliaMia dorso clipterygio, inniia dorsi prima retro), 1 

 Strom, iSondmevs BesJcriv., vol. I, p. 2(57 — 2(J9, not. 



Voi'ijphcenoides rnpestris, Gunn. Trondlij, Selsk. Skr.. vol. Ill 

 (17G5), p. 50, tab. Ill, figg. 1 et 2; Coll., Fcrh. Vid. Selsk. 

 Cl.rist. 1874, Tilla-gsli., p. 131; ibid. 1879, No. 1. p. 70; 

 N. Mag. Katm-v. Christ., Bd. 29 (1884), p. 95; Malm, G%, 

 Boll. Fn.. p. 502; Wintii., Naturli. Tidskr. Kbhvii, ser. 3, 

 vol. XII. ]). 36; JoitD., GiLB., Bnll. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 

 16, p. 812; GooDE, Bean, I'mll. .Mns. Comp. ZooL, Harv. 

 Coll.. vol. X, p. 197; Day, Fi.<!i. CI. Brit.. IrcL. vol. I, 

 p. 335, tab. XCIII; Stokji. N. Vid. 8elsk. Skr. Trondhj. 

 1883, p. 57; Lillj., ^c, Nonj. Fisk., vol. II. p. 259; 

 Gthr, Deep Sea Fish., Cliall. E.rped., p. 138. 



Macrouriis Stroemii, Heinu., D. Vid. Selsk. Natnrv., Math. At'li., 

 vol. v. p. XIX; Su.VDEV., Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1840, p. 11; 

 Kii., T'oy. .Scaiiil.. Liipp., celt., Gaim., Zool., Poi/^s., tab. 11. 



Bepidoleprns norvegictis!, Nn.ss., Prndr. Irtilli. Si-and., p. 51; 

 Id. (Macrounis), H-nn/l. Fn., F/.s-/-., |i. 60(1; Gniic {Cory- 

 plianoides), du. JSrit. Mns., Fi.fli., vol. IV, ]i. 396; Ltkx, 

 Vid. Meddel. Naii.rliisl. For. Kbhvn 1872, p. 5 (sep.). 



