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spinous part of tlie dorsal tiu. The three anterior interneurals have no dii-ect connection 

 with the dorsal fin, but terminate in the soft parts of the back. The remaining inter- 

 neurals with which the dorsal rays articulate are feeljle, one or two of the anterior and two 

 or three of the posterior corresponding to the several neural spines. The haemal spines 

 of the caudal vertebrae are longer and stronger than the opposite processes. The haemal 

 of the eleventh vertebra, which forms the boundary between the abdominal cavity and the 

 muscles of the tail, is exceedingly strong and long and anchylosed to the first interhsemal, 

 the distal extremity of which is dilated into a vertical lamella. The remaining inter- 

 hsemals are feeble, three being lodged between each pair of hsemaLs. There are not less 

 than eight interhsemals abutting upon the first haemal. The pubic bones are peculiarly 

 shaped, somewhat resembling those of Myriprisiis ; they are much higher in the vertical 

 line than broad in the horizontal ; anteriorly they are produced into a very long styliform 

 process, stretching across the whole width of the shoulder-girdle to its front margin. 

 Posteriorly they form a trihedral cavity with the entrance from beneath, and with a 

 longitudinal ridge on the outer and inner surface. 



Beryx decadactylus. 



Beryx decadactylus, Cuv. Val., iii. p. 222. 



„ „ Lowe, Fish. Madeii-a, p. 53. 



„ „ Steintlacliner, Denkschr. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Wieii, xlvii. p. 220. 



„ splendeng, Lowe, Cambr. Phil. Trans., vol. vi. tab. 3 (no descript.). 

 „ hm-ealis, Diib. and Kor., K. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Haudl., 1844, p. 33, pi. ii. 

 Collett, Vidensk. Selsk. Forliandl. Christ., 1884, No. 1, pi. i. (young). 

 „ „ Lilljeborg, Sverig. och Norg. Fisk., p. 76. 



B. 8 (7). D. j^. A. ^^. V. 9-^. • L. lat. 64-65. L. transv. 34-35. 

 The depth of the body exceeds the length of the head, and is two-fifths of the total 

 length. 



Habitat.— OS Inosima, Japan, Station 232 ; depth, 345 fathoms. Two specimens, 



14 and 12 inches long. 

 Beryx splendens. 



Beryx splendens, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833, p. 142; Cambr. Phil. Trans., vol. vi. p. 197. 

 (not fig.); Fish. :Madeii-a, p. 47, pi. viii. 

 Giinth., Ann. and Mag. Xat. Hist., 1878, vol i. p. 485. 

 Hilgendorf, Sitzungsber. d. Gesellsch. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1879, p. 78. 

 „ „ Steindachner, lor. cif., p. 221. 



B. 8 (9). I). ^3^5- A. ^^. V. lo^ra. L. lat. 71-76. L. transv. i^. 



The depth of the body is etiual to the length of the head, and one-third or one-fourth 



of the total. 



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(ZOOL. CHALL. EXP. PART LYII. — 188G.) 



