REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [116] 
to have been wider, with the edges infolded, so as to form a sort of fur- 
row on the outer side, but the suckers are mostly gone, and it is too 
much injured to be accurately described. Tentacular arms long, more 
than twice the combined length of the head and body, slender, round, 
gradually tapering to the tip, like a whip-lash, the distal half of their 
length covered with very numerous, crowded, minute, pediceled suckers 
(fig. 2 b), which cover nearly the entire surface along the terminal por- 
tion, leaving only a narrow naked line along the back, but farther from 
the tip this naked space becomes gradually wider and the band of suck- 
ers narrower, and after these crowded bands of suckers cease, scattered 
suckers, placed mostly two by two, extend for some distance along the 
proximal part of the arms. The suckers of the tentacular arms are so 
small that their form cannot be seen with the naked eye; they are deep, 
cup-shaped, with a small circular aperture, supported by a horny rim, 
which is often armed with two or three sharp teeth on one side (fig. 2 ¢). 
Color of body and arms, so far as preserved in alcohol, deep brownish 
orange; on the upper side of the back and caudal fin the color is better 
preserved, and shows small, occellated, circular spots of orange-brown, 
with an inner circle of whitish and a central spot of purplish brown. 
Similar spots also exist on the head and arms, and also on the lower side 
of the body, where the color is best preserved. 
A considerable amount of a bright orange oily fluid, insoluble in alco- 
hol, exuded from the viscera. Examined by means of the spectroscope 
this fluid absorbed part of the green, all of the blue, and most of the 
violet rays. The stomach contained fragments of small crustacea. The 
pen is pale yellow, thin, and slender anteriorly, with two sublateral 
cost, and narrow delicate margins outside the cost; in the middle it 
becomes still thinner and narrower, with the margin inrolled; farther 
back the margins become much wider and then unite together ventrally, 
forming a long, hollow, conical portion, extending to the acute posterior 
tip; this portion is not so broad as deep, and has a slight dorsal keel 
and a ventral groove. 
Measurements. (In millimeters). 
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epi len eth to end. OF sessile aTMS..- 2. .cacaeecsce. staseocccececedccsna. eaeaeeneeneeee 137 232 
Mead. and body combined: =... «005 5.cesceeSecudsseUewsies seiecs ob losceae doe 59 122 
MPUINOL DOUY wa~acccodasoaccccncot ncn: Cec coccen eer eek de ce hcune aed eee ee 46 99 
Ueneih of caudal fin, from: origin. © 2co) os! sb5.i De. wl esehidedeVensecdes. eEhees. ROE 30 60 
SEEEONOLVCOUOAL TN » aczc a0 Secs sn tne e cece ieee enters «9 dave nean aeoe 42 75 
RSM LN DE HOG Y «=< 25.522 sosceg phe CIEE ues ae eeee ee EL Ole 8 aces cee ate ee 15 23 
EERIE Os DOTASIATING: «occ cae cee teaser ee Sen a een aoe wee ae ce ee 24 45 
Meo mecrad pair of arms. 22 o.3/f23-8. cbse detest edocs esa ck cb ieee eee ce 33 60 
nL UNIT Pair OF ATMS... -. 5 6 cas ossu ca oaceeaen cadens cess eke ee 3 60 
MaMa CMeAL ATMS 22.5 EEC SL EB, hk ee 80 112 
TREE OPONUACTIBY RIMS « «ooo e's ae nhc we saccudce cnc ctck obi bloc c swe ae bey ee ane | ee 312 
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Lin AE Gg’ ai I i ee Tc eR TORR UEC RES 6 7 
peManOL LEDLACTUAD. aris... 3603... 5. ace i hu oe ce oe UL Pa 2 4 
Do SEU Get Sa ar i ee TRG Anes VSS ae ea | %.5 9 
APSE OR PGI come em asa’ oo to's 055 du lens coe concececen beak eee enn Aine aa eer 198 
ESRC Uae EERE UCTIOUEY oo ie canine ccculae sn tinmacucs cde tde een eT) eer een aeeS 2, 25 
BEEUAOLLE Of ATE POSLETIOLI Ys. 0 46 Son bbe k owas scene evceee este EEE, Soe Co 2. 50 
PTI OP OPT TEOTIOT I oF os Ate oo on den va cisinn Se nace clan os sok bsUC ORS ek ee ce ee 4 
