446 Survey of Fishing-Grounds, West Coast of Ireland, 1890—1891. 



the Kenmare River. A single specimen was taken ofp the S.W. coast by the 

 " Flying Fox " at 150 fathoms. Others were secured by the "Lord Bandon" 

 in the same locality, but the depth is not stated. On the Norwegian coast the 

 species has been recorded from a maximum depth of 200 fathoms. It occurs regu- 

 larly in the comparatively deep part of the North Sea (about 40 to 50 fathoms) to 

 the northward of the Great Fisher Bank, and has occasionally been taken at many 

 points on the British coast, although no records of the depths are available. In 

 addition to the instances cited above, only a few specimens have been recorded 

 from Irish waters. The species extends along the Atlantic coasts to the Mediter- 

 ranean, where it is common, and, apparently, littoral in distribution. On our 

 own coasts it certainly appears to be most usually met with in rather deep water, 

 and is, probably, by no means uncommon below the 100-fathoms line of the 

 western slope. 



Phycis Aldrichii, Bourne. (Deep-sea.) 



P. Aldrichii, Bourne, "Journ. M. B. Assoc," N. S., i., 1890, 



p. 310. 



The only known examples of this species were obtained by Mr. Bourne at 200 

 fathoms off the S.W. coast of Ireland. 



Genus Haloporphyrus, Giinther. 



Body elongate, covered with small scales. A separate caudal ; two dorsal fins 

 and one anal, the first dorsal with four rays ; ventrals narrow, composed of six 

 rays. Jaws with bands of villiform teeth ; vomerine teeth in a small roundish 

 patch ; none on the palatine bones. Chin with a barbel. Branchiostegals, 

 seven. 



Haloporphyrus eques, Giinther. (Deep-sea.) 



(PI. XXXIX., figs. 1 and 2.) 



H. eques, Gunthek, " Chall. Rep.," xxii., p. 91. 



„ Bourne, "Journ. M.B. Assoc," N.S., i., 13. 311. 



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ScHARFF, "Proc Roy. Ir. Acad.," 3rd S., i., p. 459. 

 Holt, " Sci. Proc Roy. Dub. Soc," vii., p. 122. 



Diagnosis of Species.— (D, i. 4 ; D, ii. 56-62 ; A. 49-54 ; Pelv. 7 ; L. lat. 180 ; 

 Ca;c. pyl. 10-11.) — The length of the head equal to, or rather less than, the 



