2 FISHES COLLECTED BY THE "HUXLEY FROM 



the form and characters of the adult, and dispels any doubt as to the 

 correct identification of the former specimen. 



The relative distance of the origins of the dorsal and anal fins from 

 the snout is subject to considerable individual variation ; and the 

 length of the head is contained 2h to 3^ times in the distance from 

 the snout to the origin of the dorsal fin, 2 to 2| times in the distance 

 from the snout to the origin of the anal fin, and half to slightly more 

 than once in the interval between the origins of the two fins, which is 

 relatively shortest in the two smallest examples. 



The belly of the smallest specimen, 105 mm. long, was distended by 

 the vertebra of another fish about 4 mm. long and 3 mm. in diameter, 

 to which fragments of fiesh still adhered. 



SCOPELIDAE. 

 Scojoclus (Myctophum) glacialis, Eeinhdt. 



Nine specimens, 38 to 12 mm. in length (without caudal fins) were 

 taken at or near the surface at Station VIII. 



S. (M.) jpundatus, Eaf. 



Ten specimens, 37 to 20 mm. in length (without caudal fins), were 

 taken in the same haul as the last species. In these specimens the 

 superanal photophores numbered 7-9 + 8-10, and tlie posterolateral 

 varied somewhat in position, being either above the break in the 

 superanal series or above the last photophore anterior to the break. 



S. (Lainpanydus) crocodilus, Eisso. 



A single damaged specimen 21 mm. long (without caudal fin) was 

 taken in an Agassiz trawl at Station XII. There is nothing to show the 

 precise depth at which it entered the net. 



The small fish trawl at Station X. contained the remains of Scopclus 

 larvffi, too broken for specific determination. 



Paralepis sp. 



"Long-anal" larva. Holt & Byrne, Trans. Linn. Soc, x. p. 199. 



A damaged specimen about 29 mm. long from Station ^. 



Syngnathidae. 

 Nerophis acquorcus, var. exilis, H. and By., was taken by the small fish 

 trawl, worked as near the surface as possible, at Stations VIII. (nineteen ; 

 177-43 mm.) and X. (two; 220 and 105 mm.). The smallest ovigerous 

 male captured was 150 mm. long. 



Gadidae. 

 PIn/cis hlennioidcs, Brunner. 

 Nine specimens (145 to 85 mm. long) were taken at Station IX. on 



