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Pt'cti>ral fi)i w itii 11) rays; ilorwil luw Imt iHstinct, its (irii;iii well liehind tip <if ])ectoral. 



('i)loi' whitisli trunsluccut with slight luster; eml dI' tail rendered slightly dusky by scattered 

 |)ii;inent sixits; oei'iput dusky, .«n(nit and ti|i nf niaudihlt' slit;litly so. 



FniMi F. Iiijiiiri ( liicliardson) , this sjiccies differs in its small and nmrc ■■Iili(|Ue mouth, smaller 

 teeth, and less slender tail; fripui /•'. Urdudi'sii (Bleeker), in smaller teeth ami lonj;er pectoral. 



Only the type is known. 



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Fig. 25t. — F/.iTttsj'rr inicroflon Gill^ort, nuw species. Type. 

 Jordanicus new .ifeinis ( Fierasferida^). 



Jordiriiirii.i Gilbert, new i;enus of Furuxfiriihe (FleraKfi^r iiiiihratjlis .Jordan & Evermann). 



Differing from Fii-nisj\r in the depressed head, whirh is as broad as it is high, and esjiecially in the 

 adiiate niaxillaries and the lack of a distinct lower lip; the skin of snout and suborbital region passes 

 without fold or other interruption over the maxillary and premaxillary, both of which are thus con- 

 cealed and lirndy Imuud down; mandible broad and liat; fleshy margin of jaw wide, flattened to an 

 edge, I'xtending well beyond dentary portion of jaw, but not separated by a fold from the intt'gu- 

 nient covering the mandible; the manililndar teeth are o|i|iosed to the palatine band, and the 

 ex|iaiided fleshy margin of mandilile shuts within the ]iremaxillary series both anteriorl)' ami laterally; 

 no pronounced fold of integument along inner margin of the mandible; branchiostegals 7. 



tlordanicus umbratilis (.Jordan A Evermann). 



A single specimen, ]4(i mm. long, was taken in Puako Bay, Hawaii. It is exclusively a shore 

 .species, introduced here for jiurposes of comparisc.m with Ficraxfcr. 



The angle formed by the gill-membranes on median line l)elow is behind eye a distance e(|ualing 

 half iliameter of latter; premaxillary teeth minute, confined to anterior half of jaw, apparently in a 

 single series; mandibidar and palatine teeth also in single series, those on sides of mandible directed 

 laterally toward angle of mouth, none of them enlarged; 2 or 3 vomerine teeth are the largest in the 

 mouth, and are arrangeil in a longitudinal series. 



Fii i-iisfrr parripitinis Kaup, resembles this species in the depre.ssed head and tumid cheeks, but 

 accoi'ding to Kaup's figiu'e, it is a true Fiertissfrr. 



Fkratifi'v tuiittraUliA i<.\vf\i\n tt KviTinann, Bull. V. S. Fish {'(inim.. XXII, lyU2, 20G, 



I'umily (;.\I)I|).E. 



Antimora inicrolepis lican. 



One specimen, 4(i.T mm. in total length, was taken at station 41.H?), in the vicinity of Kauai, at a 

 depth of 1,000 to 1,1^14 fathoms. 



The number of tin-rays is slightly below the normal for iiiicnjli/iis. .\bundant material might 

 show that the Hawaiian representative is specifically .sejiarable, but direc^t comparison with tyjiical 

 iiiicrolepix from Alaskan waters has developed no further differences. 



