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470 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
ANTENNARITD 4. 
4. Chaunax pictus, Lowe. 
Chaunax pictus, Lown, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. iii, 1846, p. 339, pl. li.—Git- 
‘THER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iii, 1861, p. 200.—Gi~L, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 90 (generic diagnosis in synopsis of family); Bull. U, 
S. Nat. Mus. i, 1878, p. 222. 
A single small specimen of a species of Chaunax, 37°" long, was ob- 
tained September 4, at station 869, at a depth of 192 fathoms. 
While there is a general agreement between the specimen described 
from Madeira by Lowe under the name Chaunax pictus* and the im- 
mature individual of the same genus before me, there are certain charac- 
ters, such as the slightly smaller number of fin-rays in dorsal and cau- 
dal, and the difference in the shape of these fins in the latter, which 
renders the question of their identity somewhat doubtful. I am unwill- 
- ing, however, to establish a new specific name on this immature speci- 
men, particularly since the shape of the fins is likely to be modified 
with age, and the difference in the radial formula is hardly of specific 
importance. The specimen is therefore provisionally referred to Lowe’s 
species. A larger specimen from our coast is much to be wished for. 
Lowe’s was 406™" (16 inches) long, and “was taken with an ordinary 
bait and line at the Picos, a rocky shoal about aleague from the shore of 
Camera de Lobos, a village five or six miles to the westward of Funchal, 
on the 12th of March, 1846”; depth of water not stated. The color of 
this specimen was bright orange above, rosy at the sides, and with fins 
and tips vermilion; on the belly rosy white, with fins vermilion. 
The color of our specimen, No. 26021, is brownish gray. The rostral 
tentacle is nearly as long as the diameter of the eye. 
Radial formula: D. 1,10; A. 5; C..7; V. [3]; P. 10. 
, Measurements. 
Mini. | 100ths 
; MeteTS.| yo oth 
gth. 
eXtreme len Pte secre cerictelanes emcees ain Remasince sealers amininn ieee eae sistae ome eae rer Oils | erie 
encthitobaseiotmiddleicaudal rays; 3 se=- ose sere ete se a sere tae sees 27 100 
Body: 
Greatestihetelit)s 1. fac acn. 2th heen te inc eters sees eeei Soe eee rene a eee te Se a 18 
Greatest width ats cc sae osc ts ase Heme ee ee PS a ie trecte oe aie eee wee e oe eee eter seis aaeee 12 
east heichitiof pails: 9/230 hs ees 558 PO aisneei es waa a. ee ee ee NESe ese 4 
Head: 
Greatestleneth)(tojbranchiall aperture)! :-.2- 222062. rae < ek ee teeen eee eee Leal aeee aes 74 
Giréatest width. . 22. ssatposeass come oe se see te Soe eee RE ee eae ne ent ae | nee 33 
Wridthofinterorbital area vs 5e Sh sss. aot a esse kee a see eso ee cone ee Eee wee aerets 15 
MEN SUAVORSNOUWG: os Sooke Se sae pe calor tm orate apa eis Se ee ape nea ero hin s an eh cicasee | UNEP 11 
iLenethiotmaxdllary: 115 Siig. An. See ee Ake eS Sse ee Ey I ne 20 
mensthvotemandible «).< 5.12 se see te cae cee cere ete a siete One ee oT ae eet eee eee 18 
Miameterioworbite st lok FSR See Wate ees te eee Lee. Pens es on eee 5 
MD OTSAPLEN CACO e eee tain x ajaraye aed soee eee eee ei Oe Be ee en ee eee setae eee 4 
Dorsal fin: i 
Distance evtromesnots . = -6'-.c)-2\fs)- chemise sean eat es sea e eee cee eRe eee Scie cpa 70 
Anal : | 
Mistance from Ssnowtyes. peis< os .s14 10s sie see sciesoeseisee Sener eL Ce eee ene eee eee Eee 74 
*1846.—Lowe, Rev. R. T. On a New Genus of the Family Lophida (Les Pectorales, 
Pediculées, Cuv.), discovered in Madeira. < Trans. Zool. Soc. London, iii, pp. 339 
344, pl. li. Read Sept. 22, 1845. 
