LARVAL AND POST-LARVAL MSHKS- HKGAN. 141 



p. 190, pi. IX, figs. 3, 5), from the liidijui Ocean, hiil witli Irwrr luxdtomes, 207 

 (174 + 33) instead of 220-230 (1H0-I!)0 + 40). Form elongate ; liead small : snout 

 rather produced and acute. Teeth in 1 + (J pairs in the upper jaw and 1 + 5 in the 

 lower. Gut with a swellinn' (Hver) at al)out tlie thirtieth nivomere. A series of dots 

 along the axis and along the dorsal honler of the gut : a l;i'ou[) of similar dots at the 

 end ot tlie tail. Dorsal and anal (ins laxless: a i-audal fin. 



Total leuiith 47 mm. 



Tropical Atlantic. Stati.m 45. 21° S.. 37" 50' W. Rurfaee. :\rav 4th. 1913. 



AxfUULLTDAE. 



Aii(/iill/ii iinsf/-ti//s. Eicliards. 



Au elver of 50 mm. 



Station 129. Ofl'Thi'ee Kings Islands. Surface. August 2r)th. 1911. 



MURAEXIDAE. 



LeptorcpliiiluK iinirai'nne iinieoloris (1*1. VII. Hi;\ 7). 



A specimen of (30 mm. has the general characters of L. ,i(ri/iirus and L. dmilis of 

 Lea (Michael Sars Exped. Ill, 1, No. 7). and of the larva of .Ui/racnn Jielena (Schmidt, 

 Medd. Komm. Havunders. Fiskeri. 1\'. 2. 1913. p. 5. pi. 1, Hg. ;;). The myotomes 

 number 138 (64 + 74 ). and as this is nearly the number of vertebrae (136) counted in 

 }fiir(u-uii nnicolor, De la Eoche. this Leptocephalid may lie referi'ed to that species, 

 which is represented in the British Museum collection b\- specimens from Algiers, 

 Madeira, the Azoi'es and St. Helena, but does not as vet ajipear to have been recorded 

 from Brazil. 



The snout is blunt and the lower edge (tf the mandible is somewhat convex ; thei'e 

 are 7 or 8 teeth on each side in both jaws. The vertical fins are raved and the caudal 

 is murh reduced. The pigment is in the form of small dots ; some cm the anterior 

 dorsal fold and one at the base of each dorsal and anal rav : a line of dots alom.;- 

 the dorsal surface of the gut. and anteriorly some below it. 



Tropical Atlantic. Staticm 46. 20' 30' S., 36^ 30' AV. Surface. Alay 4th. 1913. 



Ophichthyidae. 

 Li'jifocepluihis //crnsfh/t/iii, s]). n. (PI. VII. fig. 6). 



Mvotomes 164(72 + 92). Head small: snout acute and produced. Upper jaw 

 with 10 pairs of teeth, the three following the anterior pair strong and spaced, the 

 rest closer together and <lecreasing. Lowei- jaw with 9 paii's of teeth, the anterior pair 

 followed on each side b\' 5 strong and s]iaced teeth and 3 small ]iosterior teeth. 

 Doisal rays commence in advance of anus, anal rays a lirtle behind it. Gut with 6 



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