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Tables showing the diagnostic characters of the subspecies of Hymenocephalus 
striatissimus and of the intergrades between these subspecies—Continued. 
ORBIT IN PASTORBITAL. ! 
Subspecies. /0.9 or 0.95/1.0 or 1.05) 1.1 or 1.15) 1.2o0r 1,25) 1.3 or 1.35 
Sstriatissimus Pfs accehiowias|Netieacece select oss cease 
Intergrades.....-.. 3 7 4 
torvus .-..... 7 39 50 | 4 
Intergrades. . 3 22 1 fa BSR 
LE CX ee ee Se Co AO REE RE eee OR as Pha oe 5 24 12 | 2 
| 
= BARBEL.! 
| ies 
| onger 
: 3 or? About } | About = 
Subs S. ieee +1 4 : th 
DSBECS pupil. | pupil. | pupil. api 
BIMUELESSUNLES oer See eee Cae ae oe eS caae toe ese eee nase Ta eee 11 12 5 
Gaui BeZeNG LE Ghe so eek ee bees on aspera Rare SO ets Se tee eel | 15 3) lider Or Aes ee 
LOTUUWS suck caesar aioe csOkR ee NERA See Ee a ae ee ae 91 3 i aes aoe 
(RG One CAG CS See ees see at C= ne ered cee Leet os pedis ete are | 18 iN) 0 ee 
EGET eee eae ees See a eet ariein= elke o1o.6 Sane clocacisine ate aici | 1 9 9 23 
| « 
1 Measurements of the orbit and barbel do not include Japanese specimens, which agree with typical 
striatissimus from China, Formosa, and thé Philippines. 
48. HYMENOCEPHALUS STRIATISSIMUS STRIATISSIMUS Jordan and Gilbert. 
Hymenocephalus striatissimus JORDAN and GILBERT, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 
1902 (1904), p. 612, text figure GILBERT and Huss, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 51, 1916, p. 187. 
Hymenocephalus striatissimus RApDCLIFFE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 48, 
iko 7 Arg ope lal : : 
List of stations. 
- | Bottom | Number 
Albatross Bee Depth in | L g 
station. Locality. fathoms. Wes o cE eDuCr: 
|e 
| m ir 
Doula Chine Sea nearttongkones. i206 co. ore ae cence meee ana e 208 50.5 8 
Dalal Mehina sea mean. MOVmosa...5--2a0 at sae ace ceces ane an ee Sein 230 50.6 5 
ea Ga | aOrn southeastern uUZONe i: cee baa oceon es se ste See eee ees 270 48.3 19 
As in the two other subspecies, torvus and aeger, the posterior lens- 
like organ, which is located immediately in advance of the anus, is 
transversely elongate and bilobed, being almost dumb-bell shaped. 
The orbit in this, the typical subspecies, is large and almost ex- 
actly circular in outline, the oblique diameter being about equal to the 
vertical diameter. 
The ventral rays are constantly 8 in number; the only varying 
specimens are 2 from near Formosa, which have 8 rays on one 
side, 9 on the other. 
(striatissimus, in reference to the extensive development of the 
abdominal striation.) 
