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than one-half of that of the snout. Mouth oblique, with the lower jaw rather prominent, 

 and with the maxillary extending to the vertical from the hind-margin of the eye. The 

 teeth are very small, rather irregularly placed, so as to appear at places to form a 

 double and at others a single series. The interior internasal space is occupied by a pair 

 of muciferous cavities separated by a strip of striated skin, which is narrower than 

 deep, and much narrower than in Melamphaes typhlops. Branchiostegals long and 

 closely set. No spines on the neck. 



The spines of the fins are very weak, not stronger than the rays. End of the dorsal 

 fin opposite to the origin of the anal, the rays of which are shorter than those of the 

 dorsal. Caudal fin very short, and covered with scales at the base. Pectoral not quite 

 as long as the head, and not reaching to the vent. Ventrals much shorter. Black ; 

 mouth black ; fins yellowish. 



Habitat. — Between the Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen Island, Station 146 ; 

 depth, 1375 fathoms. One specimen. 



Melamphaes typhlops (PL V. fig. A). 



Metopias typhlops, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soo. Lond., 1843, p. 90, and 1850, p. 125. 

 Melamphaes typhlops, Giinth., Cat. Fish., v. p. 433. 



B. 8. D. i^r. A. f. p. 15. V. f L. lat. 25. L. transv. 7. 



Eye small, one-sixth of the length of the head, and two-thirds of that of the snout. 

 Ventral fins not quite as long as pectorals, not reaching to the vent. Black. 

 Habitat. — Atlantic, near Madeira. 



Melamphaes megalops (PI. V. fig. B). 



Melamphaes megalops, Liltken, Oversigt K. D. Yid. Selsk. Forhandl., 1877, p. 176, tab. v. 

 figs. 1-3, 



B. 



D. 3 



A i 



P. 10-11. V. 4.. L. lat. 34. L. transv. 9. 



Eye rather large, more than one-fourth of the length of the head, and much longer 

 than the snout. Ventral fins at least as long as pectorals, reaching beyond the vent. 



Black. 



Habitat. — Atlantic, south of the Azores. 



