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7. The interdorsal space appears to be shorter, 1.0 to 1.25, instead of 1.3 
to 2.3, times as long as the first dorsal base. 
8. The ventral filament is weaker, and shorter. 
9. The color, especially of the fins, is a little lighter. 
The slight difference in size between our specimens of the two 
species renders wholly improbable any assumption that these dif- 
ferences may be due to age variation. Furthermore, the dorsal spine 
usually decreases in length with age in the species of this long-spined 
group, and such appears to be the case with C. tydemand, but C. 
semiscaber, though represented by smaller specimens, has a much 
shorter spine. 
Table of measurements in hundreths of length to anus. 
BA HAEULOSSUSU ADL OM act tn ne os Tei erate Dis es ee 2 5648 5648 5648 5648 
Totallengthinmm....... ma CS ae ee eee eee NOs oe sais 288+ 369 1268 258-+- 
Lengthto anusinmm.......... RED y nen Ge ae Be eee in 94 87 85 80 
GEIL MO MOA Cee eee tat Aare oo, Seabee ee ate aceeeisee tes 63 64 58 66 
Herre HG MOTD ere ts ee eee clase ee eae Seta ose 16 15.5 16 15 
VACUO TOLOCULE AG. sryce ce ees See cee cc aoe eee duls samc 15 12 14.5 12 
eno LOKOnsmbOnbitalese sansa ees eich tocee eericane pate neces 8 E3585) 8 9 
ORD OMpLeOperclesse a seasons cotton tone aoe oman srceee encase sme 25 27 23 28 
Length of snout.......... HORE ION! Sel Apa eed 18.5 19.5 17.5 18 
Length of upper jaw Ree SO ee Sane eee 19 19 17.5 20.5 
Manat brotionie lane a eat a6 ty ek bows eel ee Soe ee TES 5 6 4 6 
ID Leyayilori (oir Lovays hy 2s a i OO an eee Sa Sarees ee eee 54 51 Boe See ae ce rste 
WAG GY GVcl oyurG hy Sa WS RR Set ee ee ee 31 25 27 30 
PATSTISHONVGI Una e me soe tsa to Hal See RS et DTA SS ee Cae 33 32 38.5 32 
MOTi ital ONSuMMUSe eee ea ase er cc ticles oe sees poate SB 23 24.5 23 25 
Hieiehiolsecond dorsalispines oe. \set eee nase ee See donee 127 TEAS g | pasccemees 198 
fee Ot OlbnindedorsalTay. cae see oe Soe ecw te sawte orbee news cue 52 52.5 52 63 
[hanephroriinsmd orsall aspera Sones. ce eeee enue ed ae 19 19.5 20 21.5 
onc iHronpeccOlalese: sera eases ee Sewerage Soa se eS 39 41 41 43 
Manet LON OULEESVOHELAL LA yao one hace oe oe cine Soe ae ele ee 45 47 45 42 
Menghheot second ventrallrayess.sset Ses jes sone ome ence sae clsc ce 21 23 22 23 
1 A small pseudocaudal developed. 
Note on CORYPHAENOIDES MACROLOPHUS (Alcock). 
Macrurus macrolophus Atcocx, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 1889, p. 394; 
August, 1891, p. 121; Nov., 1892, pp. 351, 352, fig. 1; Journ. Asiatic Soc. 
Bengal, vol. 63, pt. 2, 1894, p. 126; Illustrations of the Zoology of the 
Investigator, Fishes, pl. 12, fig. 1, 1894; Desc. Cat. Indian Deep-Sea 
Fishes, 1899, p. 115. 
Macrurus macrolophus BRAUER, Die Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, p. 266. 
Macrurus lophotes Atcocx, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov., 1889, p. 385; Journ. 
Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 48, pt. 2, 1894, p. 126; Illustrations of the 
Zoology of the Investigator, Fishes, pl. 3, fig. 2, 1894; Desc. Cat. Indian 
Deep-Sea Fishes, 1899, p. 116. 
Brauer considers C. lophotes to be the young of C. macrolophus, 
a conclusion which is apparently justified. But inasmuch as Brauer 
states that most of his specimens have seven branchiostegal rays, it 
is highly probable that he had, in part at least, a species of another 
genus, as all specimens of Coryphaenoides examined by us have 
constantly six branchiostegal rays. 
C. macrolophus is not represented in the Philippine collection. 
Radcliffe’s reference to Philippine specimens should apply to (. 
semiscaber and to C. tydemani. 
1 Proc. U. §. Nat. Mus., vol. 43, 1912, p. 117. 
