MAUROLICUS OCULATUS. 241 
Maurolicus oculatus sp. n. 
Plate LIT. fig. 3. 
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In some degree the outlines of this species resemble those of V. stedllatus ; 
distinguishing features are patent in the prominence and greater convexity 
of the chest below the mouth, in the shorter body cavity, in the longer 
caudal section, in the anterior position and the shortness of the dorsal fin, 
in the dentition, and in the arrangement of the light organs. 
Form elongate, compressed, greatest depth near the head about one 
fifth of the total length, body tapering gradually from the pectorals to the 
caudal fin, body cavity in the anterior third of the total. Head compressed, 
width nearly half of either length or depth, descending slightly on the top 
from the nape to the snout, strongly curved forward and upward from the 
. pectorals in the lower outline. Snout as long as the eye, vertically sub- 
truncate as seen from the side, ending in a point less than a right angle 
as viewed from above, tip formed by the symphyseal angle of the very 
prominent lower jaws. Chin very steep, bearing a glandular mass (possibly 
luminous) in front immediately below the symphysis. Mouth oblique, cleft 
hardly extending below the eye, corner of the angular lying below the 
anterior fourth of the orbit ; intermaxillaries short ; maxillaries of medium 
length, much expanded, reaching down along the sides of the dentaries in 
a broad curve below the greater portion of the orbit, not extending as far 
as the back of the eye. Teeth very small, close together and nearly regular 
in size in the mouth, but a great deal larger and irregular in sizes and spaces 
on the lower edge of the expanded portion of the maxillary at the sides of 
the head. Eye large, nearly two fifths of the length of the head; interor- 
bital space very narrow. Nostrils small, close together, nearer to the orbit 
than to the mouth. Opercles thin, broad, reaching backward of the bases 
of the pectorals. 
Dorsal fin short, base entirely forward of the anal, origin at the end of 
the anterior third of the entire length. Anal long, origin little backward 
of the base of the dorsal, end of base one ocular diameter from the long 
rays of the caudal. Ventrals small, reaching the anal. Pectorals long, 
reaching beyond the bases of the ventrals, rather low on the sides of the 
body. Caudal comparatively large, notched; pedicel moderately strong. 
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