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of the eye. Barbel small, half as long as the eye. Teeth small, in short 
narrow villiform bands; outer series a little larger on the upper jaws. 
Preopercular ridge slightly bent backward at the lower end. Base of 
first dorsal two thirds as long as the space behind it; first ray short, 
above the axil of the pectoral; second ray three fourths as long as the 
head, with numerous serrations. Second dorsal very feebly developed. 
Anal fin moderately strong, originating little farther backward than the 
last spine of the first dorsal, distant from the vent. Pectorals and ventrals 
small; the latter little longer than the eye, ending in a filament. Caudal 
slender, ending in a tuft of about four rays. Vent between the ventrals, 
nearer to their bases than to the anal. 
Scales rough with keel-like series of small sharp spines; the outer series 
are somewhat convergent backward to the stronger median series. On the 
larger scales of the flank there are ten or more of the keels. Between the 
lateral line and the dorsal there are six scales. 
Belly black, muscle tracts lighter and tinted with reddish, lighter above 
the upper portions of the skull. 
Station. Latitude. Longitude. Depth. Temperature, Bottom. 
3353 Tice Gimli 4aNie 80° 3Y W. 695 fathoms 39° F. Gn. M. 
3357 6° 35’ N. 81° 44’ W. Tis Ee Bishiay> Ie Gn. S. 
3393 Vee dusy! ANG 79° 36’ W. 1020)“ 36.8° F. Gn. M. 
Macrurus latirostratus sp. n. 
Plate XLVIIL. fig. 2. 
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Elongate, compressed, greatest depth one sixth of the total length, tail 
slender and threadlike toward the end. Head less than one fifth of the 
total, nearly as wide as high, broad and angular forward, flattened or 
slightly concave on the crown. Snout wider across the prenarial angles 
than long, length one fourth more than the width of the interorbital space, 
or one fifth less than the length of the orbit. As seen from above, the angle 
at the tip of the snout is quite blunt and extends little farther forward than 
the prenarial angles. From the latter the low ridges backward form an 
acute angle at the occipital crest. The suborbital ridges are moderately 
prominent and end about midway from the orbit to the preopercular edge ; 
from the lateral angles of the rostrum the ridges diverge gradually in 
nearly straight lines. Eye large, longer than the snout, nearly one third 
