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its length instead of one-fourth; its width is one-fourth instead of three- 
twentieths; the length of the head nine-twentieths instead of three- 
eighths. The width of the interorbital area is half the length of the up- 
per jaw instead of one-fourth, and is nearly equal to instead of one-half of 
the diameter of the orbit. The vertical fins are inserted farther back, 
the paired fins farther forward, and the fins are, without exception, 
longer. The tail appears to be truncate instead of emarginate, as in S. 
marinus. The preopercular spines are very prominent. The spinous 
dorsal contains ten spines. 
Measurements. 
Species: Setarches parmatus. 
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Milime- 100ths of 
| ters. length. 
Paciremenenghhenss2-4.2 sete sos cidussese 
Length to base of middie caudal rays .-- 
Body: 
Greatest height...--... 
Greatest width.....--. 
Least height of tail 
Head : ts 
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-XITPHIID. 
39. Xiphias gladius, Linn. 
A fishing smack from Noank, Conn., was engaged by Professor 
Baird to set a trawl on the edge of the oceanic slope, in the hope of ob- 
taining more specimens of Lopholatilus. Their only capture was a 
sword-fish thirteen feet long and weighing over 600 pounds. This was 
brought up from the bottom on the trawl-line. There is room for much 
question whether it was taken at the bottom or fastened itself to the 
Proc. Nat. Mus. 80-——31 Feb. 16, 2884. 
