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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

 Measicremevts in Hundredths of Length zvtthout Caudal. 



I.ciiiLitli uitliiuit c.uul.il ill mm. 



llo;ul 



Snout 



Ink'i'oiiiital space (bony) 



Eye 



Maxillary 



Prplh 



Least (U'lilh al liasr ul laudal.. 



Snont to ilorsal 



DistaiH'o botwoen tloisals 



Base of second dorsal 



Snout to anal 



Base of anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



W'ntral 



1 1 

 iS 



61 



I I 

 iS 

 12 



331. Thalassophryne reticulata (iihillier. 



Tcetli on iiKUnliblo, voiner ami palatines similar, in single series, small, nearly 

 uniform in size, antero-posteriorly compressed so as to resemble tliminntive incisors. 

 Sometimes single teeth are crowded out of line, bnt they are never in two definite 

 series, not even, as alleged, on front of mandible. The maxillary' teeth are simihir, 

 bnt very much smaller, in two rows or a narrow band. 



The last ilorsal :ind anal ra^'s are inserted at a distance from base of caudal 

 equaling more than half their length. Tliey are joined by membrane for their entire 

 length to the caiuhil peduncle and to the [lortioii of the caudal lin which they 

 overhxp. 



The type is described as having 24 rays in the dorsal and 21 in the anal tin; 

 it is figured, however, with 25 rays in the dorsal. Nine specimens counted by us 

 show uniformly 26 rays in the dorsal lin, 25 in the anal; ti tenth specimen has 27 

 dorsal and 25 anal rays. 



