316 DEEP SEA FISHES. 
Pores of the forward part of the head elongate. Gill openings crescentie, 
upper angle at the lower edge of the base of the pectoral, twice the width 
of the space separating them on the chest, width equal two fifths of the 
length of the snout. 
Dorsal more developed than the anal, originating one diameter of the 
orbit forward of a vertical from the base of the pectoral. Anal narrow, 
originating about sixty-five rays backward from the dorsal origin. Caudal 
narrow, pointed, of about seven rays in the present specimen. Pectorals 
narrow, low on the side, acuminate, occasionally absent, commonly of twelve 
rays, sometimes of thirteen, in length equal to one half of the distance from 
the snout to the end of the maxillary, two thirds as long as the snout. 
Lateral line distinct, median, continuous; pores on the anterior portions 
subround, those toward the caudal becoming elongate or confluent into an 
open groove. Cephalic pores larger, from the postorbital region forward 
elongate. No scales. An air bladder. Vertebraee 59 + 154. Males smaller; 
females with caudal region shorter, less than three times head or trunk. 
Brown tinged with red ; pores, mouth, and edges of dorsal and anal, whit- 
ish to reddish; pectorals red with more or less of blackish at their bases. 
Young lighter in color. 
Distinguished from X. atrarius Gilb., by the equal length of head and 
trunk, by longer pectorals, and by the coloration. The proportions are 
similar to those of X. ¢rucidans Alc., but the coloration differs greatly. 
Station. Latitude, Longitude. Depth. Temperature. Bottom. 
3384 EBON AN 79° 14’ W. 458 fathoms 42° FB. Gn. S. 
3394 iene Ns 79° 35’ W. Sp hile y 41.8° F. Dk. gn. M. 
3354 7° 9! 45" N. 80° 50! W. 322° 6 46° F. Gn. M. 
3404 BSH 89° 28’ W. 385 = 43.2° F. R. 
3417 16° 32’ N. 99° 48’/W. 493 “ 40.6° F. Gn. M. 
NETTASTOMID &. 
Chlopsis Gilbertii sp. n. 
Plate LXII. fig. 2. 
Brit: 12); D..370ieas; As 283 ca. 
Elongate, slender, subcylindrical, tapering to the snout and to the end 
of the somewhat compressed whip-like and acuminate tail; body cavity 
one third, length of the head two fifteenths and depth one thirtieth of the 
total length. Head rather narrow, two fifths as long as the distance from 
