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more than | the length of the body ; side angles rounded ; 

 gladius lanceolate, narrow ; cups very oblique, in two regular 

 rows. Dark colored and much spotted. — Common along the 

 whole coast. 



S. Loligo pallida, Ver. Body stout, tapering rapidly backward ; 

 candal fin large, about as broad as long, more than J the length 

 of the body, side angles hardly at all rounded ; tentacular arms 

 about as long as the body when extended. General color pale, 

 gelatinous, translucent, not very thickly covered with spots. 

 Length from base of arms 145 ; body 120 ; fins L. 70, W. 75. 

 Conn. and N. Y. 



