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Measurements. 
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Tire ? 
Milli- | 100ths * 
meters. length. 
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Body: 
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Head: 
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Width of interorbital area 2 
Tiernan Ot GMOS 26 Soa aap eeseaocos DoS cese SE soSeEHHO BPeBeEe 6 
Length of maxillary 10 
Length of mandible 11 
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Dorsal: 
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Anal: | | 
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PGI trate OM CORU TA Ygeieiae coe lessee sc asaeicen so cecsseuecsevcesaeceeaaamece cain sades fee ee anes 10 
Caudal: 
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Pectoral: 
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WB IOPAS Sec etas eee a eel eles ae Deedee soe eeekcecabekelse TENE at ast sesscce stone tes cleeeeteus 22 
Ventral: : 
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TORS sccoacescco Some act ee elcan Sa ea a ce es ee eae Sees 11 
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WETHITIE! sect esoos cede COON eee eee REECE EOC aE OEE E rae tea serespeest | 9or 10 
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Numberor transverse rows above lateral line... 02. cscecenmnccecerasccsccaceesscce.|e--a-ce. 64 
Number of transverse rows below lateral line to ventral ...-.....-.-----.-----.-------|-------- 6 
NEMICHTHYIDA. 
44. Nemichthys scolopaceus, Richardson. 
A single specimen, No. 26106, was taken in 252 fathoms of water at 
station 880. It came up clinging with its long jaws to the outside of 
the trawl-net. 
SYNAPHOBRANCHID 2. 
45. Synaphobranchus pinnatus (Gronow) Giinther. 
Specimens were obtained from the following localities: Station 880, 
252 fathoms; 881, 325 fathoms; 891, 487 fathoms; 894, 365 fathoms. In 
the last-mentioned locality a specimen was taken carrying nearly mature 
eggs. 
SIMENCHELYID i. 
46. Simenchelys parasiticus, Gill. 
Simenchelys parasiticus, GILL, in Goode & Bean, Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 
1879, p. 27. 
A single specimen, No. 26172, was taken at a depth of 487 fathoms at 
station 892. 
