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THE FISHES OF THE «INGOLF» EXPEDITIONS. 



Haloporphyrus eques Gthr. (Tab. IV, fig. 7). 



Of this .species, known from the : Report of the Challenger expedition ^ (p. 91, pi. 18 B) the 

 «Ingolf» expedition obtained on Station 9 (West of Iceland, Denmark Strait at 64^18' Lat. North 27^00' 

 Long. W., at a depth of 295 fathoms, bottom clay, bottom temperature 5°. 8 C.) two specimens 774 inch, 

 long (one of them defect). Several larger and smaller specimens were obtained from the stations 81 

 and 89, at 61'' 44' Lat. North, 27°oo' L,ong.West, 485 fathoms, bottom temperature 6°.i C. and 64°45'L,at. 

 North, 27° 20' Long. West, 310 fathoms, bottom temperature 8°.4 C, partly from Denmark Strait, West 

 of Iceland, partly southwest of this island. Previously the species is taken (specimens 12 — 13 inches 

 long) in the Faroe-Channel at a depth of 530 fathoms and later in Gascony bay at depths of 1410 

 and 800 metres (Koehler, Resultats scientifiques de la Campagne du aCaudan^ fasc. Ill, 1896). Nearly 

 related types are known from the Mediterranean: H. Icpidion Risso (cfr. Vinciguerra: Anal. Mus. Civico 

 Genova vol. XVIII, p. 554, jal. Ill) and H. Guiitlicri Gigl. (can obtain a length of 24 inches, Giinther, 

 Report p. 91, pi. 18, fig. B; also off Portugal and at Madera). From more distant localities are known 

 H. enosima: Gthr. (Giinther, 1. c. pi. XX, fig. B, 12 inches, Inosima, 345 fathoms) and H. ciisi/enis Gthr. 

 (1. c. pi. XIX, fig. A, mouth of Plata River, 600 fathoms). 



Of one of the largest Ingolfian specimen I shall insert some measures. 



Total length 275""", head 63""", consequently not V4 of the total length. 



Diameter of the eye 21™", '/j of the length of the head, a little more than the length of the 

 snout (20™"') and about i'/2 time the interorbital space. 



The upper jaw terminating below the anterior margin of the lens; the filamentous ray of the 

 ventrals c. 35""", the pectoral 44™'" (about equal to the length of the head without the snout); the 

 length of the first dorsal ray equals the length of the head. 



A sketch made on the expedition gives to the fish a chocolate-brown colour with a bluish tint 

 especially on the fins. 



Antimora viola Goode & Bean. 



The genus Autiniora numbers two species, a southern and a northern, if really different, a 

 question, on which Dr. Giinther apparent!}- speaks with some diffidence. They really must be very 

 nearly related, but I have no doubt that the Ingolfian specimens are here correctly determined. 

 A.rostrata Giinther («Report on deejD-sea fishes* p. 93, pi. XVI A) was found off the mouth of the Plata 

 River and off Montevideo, at a depth of 600 fathoms, between Kerguelen and Cape, and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Marion Island at 1375 fathoms; the largest specimen was 24 Engl, inches. A. viola G- 

 & B. (ibid. p. 94, pi. 15) was first captured at a depth of 4 — 500 fathoms on the edge of <;le Havre 

 bank.), later in 25 .specimens in localities between 33° 35' Lat. North and 41° 34' Lat. North and between 

 76° 00' Long. West and 65° 54' Long. West at depths between 306 and 1242 fathoms. The expedition 

 of the prince of Monaco (Collett, < Resultats des campagnes scientifiques etc.»> p. 59) obtained 12 

 specimens a little more to the north (45° 20' Lat. North) on the Newfoundland bank at a depth of 1267 

 meters; the largest specimen was 358""". 



