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The characters noticed above are those that distinguish this species from 

 T, Danvinii. 



One specimen, 2f inches long, from the Bay of Bengal, 272 fathoms. 



Regd. No. 11723. 



Distribution : New Zealand Seas : Bay of Bengal. 



Melamphaes, Gunther. 



Melamphaes, Giinther, Cat. Pishes V. p. 433, and Challenger Deep-Sea Fishes, p. 26 (uM sjnon.): Goode and 

 Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, p. 177. 



Plectromus, Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. VI. 1883, p. 257 : Goode and Bean, Oceanio Ichthyology, p. 178 : Jordan 

 and Evermann, Fishes of North America, I. p. 840. 



Scopelogadus, Vaillaut, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, Poiss. p. 140 : Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 

 p. 181. 



" Head large and thick, with nearly all the superficial bones modified into 

 " wide muciferous channels. Cleft of the mouth of moderate width, obliquely 

 descending backwards, with the jaws nearly equal in front. A narrow band of 

 " viUiform teeth in both the jaws, palate toothless. Eight branchiostegals : 

 " pseudobranchi?e present. No barbels. Opercles not armed. Scales large, 

 " cycloid, rather irregularly arranged. One dorsal : caudal forked : anal spines 

 " very feeble : ventrals with seven rays." (Giinther). 



Distribution : Atlantic, Indo-Pacific. 



21. Melamphaes mizolejnSf Giinther. 



Scopelus mizolepis, Giinther Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, Vol. II. p. 185. 



Melamphaes mizolepis, Gunther, Challenger Deep- Sea Fishes, p. 28 : Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Sept. 1890 

 p. 201. 



B. 8. D. 11.11. A. 1.8. P.14. V. 1.7. 



Height of the body about two-sevenths, length of the head about two-fifths 

 of the total length without the caudal. 



Head very thick, with deep muciferous cavities : the bones of the cranium 

 stout, the other bones thin and weak : snout short. 



Eye very small, about one-seventh the length of the head, half that of the 

 snout, and half the width of the interorbital space. 



Mouth cleft wide, somewhat oblique, the maxilla reaching to the middle of 

 the pupil, the lower jaw slightly prominent. A very narrow band of villiform 

 teeth in both the jaws. 



Gill-opening very wide : the gill-rakers on the outer side of the first arch 

 are close-set and nearly as long as the eye. Posterior margin of the preoper- 

 culum Bub vertical. 



