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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [i!>< s ] 



43° 5-1', west longitude 58° 44', on Banquereau, about 30 miles east of 

 Sable Island, Nova Scotia, in 250 fathoms. Presented to the U. S. Fish 

 Commission, September, 1879. (Lot 472.) 



Measurements of Stauroteuthis syrtensis. 



Length, posterior end to tip of dorsal arms 



Length to tip of second pair 



Length to tip of third pair 



Length to tip of fourth pair 



Length t<> edge of web between dorsal arms 



Length to base of dorsal arms 



Length to center of eye 



Length to anterior base of fin 



L ngth to posterior base of fin 



Length to outer end of fin 



Breadth across fins 



Breadth of fins at base 



Breadth of body in middle, excluding border 



Breadth of body, with membranous border 



Breadth of head across eyes 



Bread tli of eye 



Length of arm-tips beyond last cirri, first pair.'... 

 Length of arm-tips beyond last cirri, second pair 

 Length of arm-tips beyond last cirri, third pair.. 

 Length of arm-tips beyond last cirri, fourth pair. 



Length of longest cirri 



Length of siphon 



Its breadth 



Upper mandible, total length 



Itsneight — 



Beak to posterior lateral border of al» , 



Height of palatine lamina 



Lower mandible length 



Its height. 



Beak to posterior border of al® 



Beak to inner end of ah» 



Breadth (or depth) of gular lamina 



