BOTHROCAROPSIS ELONGATA. 129 
one fifth of the total length, high at the nape, nearly as wide as high, with 
a very low arch from occiput to the preorbital section. Parietal region 
broad, slightly convex transversely; interorbital bones half as wide as 
the eye; a low median keel behind the orbits on the top. Bones of skull 
thin, with large mucous cavities. Snout moderate, deep, blunt, one and 
one third times the orbital length, more pointed than that of B. alalonga. 
Mouth wide; cleft almost subtending the entire eye; maxillary reaching 
backward of a vertical from the hind edge of the orbit, where it is 
expanded widely and sends down an angle behind the intermaxillary. 
Lower jaw shorter, included by the upper. Teeth conical, small, in bands 
on the jaws, on which the outer series are slightly larger, in two or more 
series on vomer and palatines. Eyes large, one fifth as long as the head, 
length one and one third times the space on the forehead between them. 
Interorbital space three fourths of the length of the orbit, convex. Cheeks 
and nape muscular, swollen; face above the jaws or snout hardly inflated. 
Operculum small, hinder angle with a membranous point. Dorsal and 
anal fins deepest in the middle of their lengths; longest rays of the former 
less than one third as long as the head, shortening to caudal and nape; 
anal shorter. Dorsal origin above the axil of the pectoral; origin of the 
anal below the eighteenth ray of the dorsal. Pectorals narrow, three fifths 
as long as the head, sharp pointed. No ventrals. Caudal short, two thirds 
as long as the eye, tapering with dorsal and anal to a sharp point. Scales 
small, absent from head and for a short space behind it; those on the 
fins smaller. Lateral line apparently absent. Massiveness of head and 
shoulders, with rapidity of taper, give this species a short and stout appear- 
ance. Seventeen inches in total length. 
Light greyish brown (? reddish in life), fins lighter, with darker edges, 
head whitish (reddish), 
Station. Latitude. Longitude, Depth. Temperature. Bottom. 
3353 O16 SIBVIN 80° 34’ W. 695 fathoms 39° F. Green mud 
Bothrocaropsis elongata sp. n. 
Plate XXXUIT. fig. 2. 
Branson Dali eAS NOI 104s Ve 05 -P: 135 C210: 
A more elongate form distinguishes this species from the other mem- 
bers of the genus in the collection. It is compressed and tapers to thin 
