The Fishes collected by the " Huxley " from the North 

 Side of the Bay of Biscay in August, 1906. 



By 



L. W. Byrne. 



With one Fisure in the Text. 



Only one species met with on this cruise appears to have been 

 previously undescribed. 



Although all the other species were already known from similar 

 localities in the North-east Atlantic, attention may be called to an 

 interesting series of the young of Synajjliolranchus pinnatus and to the 

 capture of numerous young examples of Onus hiscaycnsis. 



When compared with the results of the hauls taken by H.M.S. 

 Besearch, a little farther south and over very much deeper soundings, the 

 list of species taken by the Hiixlcij is chiefly remarkable for the 

 entire absence of Stomias boa, Gonostoma mdcrodon, and G. hathi/j^hilicm, 

 the range of none of which seems to extend into waters as shallow as 

 those fished by the Huxley. 



Stomiatidae. 



Maurolicus borealis, Nilsson. 



The small fish trawl took two damaged larvae (about 7.5 mm. long) 

 at Station VIII.* and very many young, one of 27 mm. and 98 others of 

 all sizes between 20 and 12 mm., at Station X. 



Anguillidak. 

 Conger vulgaris, Cuv. 



A Icptoccphalus of this species (kindly identified for me by Dr. Schmidt) 

 141 mm. long was taken in the small fish trawl at Station VIII. 



Synaphobranchidae. 



Sgnaphobranchus pinnatus, Gthr. 



Fourteen specimens, 105 to 270 mm. in length, were taken at 

 Station XII., on fine sand at a depth of 246 fathoms. 



This series serves to connect the small specimen taken by the Helga 

 (Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest., 1905, ii. [1906]) with examples having 



* For the positions of the Stations see Table on p. .^). 



NKW .SERIES. —YOL. A'lII. XO. 1. SeITEMBEU, 1907. A 



