200 DEEP SEA FISHES. 
Dorsals separated by a space equal to the base of the first. Caudal end 
filamentary. Origin of anal distant from the vent about four fifths of the 
length of the eye; fin rays much longer than those of the dorsal. Thirty- 
seven pyloric cxca. 
Brownish, with a greenish or olivaceous tinge in life; linings of mouth 
and body cavity black. 
Largest specimen about twelve inches. 
Station. Latitude. Longitude. Depth. ‘Temperature. Bottom. 
3418 16° 33’ N. 99° 52’ 30” W. 660 fathoms 39° F. Br. 8. bk. Sp. 
3424 21° 15’ N. 106° 23/ W. 676) 38° F. Gy. S.bk. Sp. Glob. 
3436 27° 3! N, 110° 53’ 40” W. 905 * 37.2 EF. Br. M. bk. Sp. 
Macrurus capito sp. n. 
BrersoceDs lOcaee A ca.lO0e, Veo. Rese 
Body and head compressed, caudal section decreasing in size rather 
abruptly near the abdomen, thin farther back and tapering gradually to a 
filamentary end. Head large, two ninths of the total length, three fourths as 
wide as high, high and arched from the nape to the dorsal, descending from 
the nape to the end of the snout. Suborbital ridges moderately prominent. 
Crown slightly convex transversely. Snout sharp as viewed from the side, 
broader than the interorbital space, longer than broad, as long as the eye, 
with three angular prominences, median longest; distance of the tip from 
the maxillaries three fifths of the length of the eye. Mouth medium, hori- 
zontal, subtending nearly half of the eye. Eye large, as long as the snout, 
as long as the mouth, as long as the base of the dorsal, one and one fourth 
times the width of the interorbital space. Teeth very fine, in villiform 
bands, larger in the outer series of the upper jaw. Barbel small, about one 
third as long as the eye. 
Dorsal origin above the base of the pectoral; first spine short and stout ; 
second spine sharp-edged in front, with close-set spinules and filamentary 
end; base descending rapidly backward. Second dorsal low, anterior rays 
short and weak. Anal well developed forward, originating below the hind 
portion of the base of the first dorsal, distant backward from the head about 
the length of the orbit. Ventrals small, reaching the anal, inserted below 
the origin of the pectorals. Pectorals medium, two thirds as long as the 
head. Scales spinose, the spinules arranged in longitudinal series and so 
long as to present a hairy or pilose appearance ; harsh over head and body, 
especially on the three angles of the rostrum. Seven pyloric appendages. 
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