REPORT ON THE DEEP-SEA FISHES. 35 



origin not far liehind that of the ventrals, the spinous and soft portions subequal in 

 length. Anal much shorter than dorsal, its middle under the end of the dorsal or nearly 

 so. Pseudobranchise present. Gill-openings very wide, separate. 



Poromitra capito. 



Pororiiitra capito, Goode and Bean, loc. cit., p. 215. 



D. ^. A. 9. V. 7 or 8. P. 12. L. lat. ca. 24. L. transv. ca. 10. 



Of this fish two specimens only, 1^ inches long, and in a dilapidated condition, were 

 obtained in 1632 fjxthoms during the cruise of the U.S. steamer "Blake" oft' the 

 American coast, in lat. 34° N. and long. 75° W. 



Myriimstis, Cuv. 



Myripristis haianus. 



Myripristis Timanus, Giinth., Report on the Shore Fishes, Zool. Chall. Exp., part vi. p. 39. 

 Habitat.— OS the Ki Islands, Station 192 ; depth, 140 fathoms. 



Family Teichiueid^. 

 Nealotiis, Johnson. 



Body elongate, much compressed, incompletely covered with delicate scales. Small 

 teeth in the jaws and on the palatine bones ; none on the vomer. First dorsal composed 

 of about twenty spines extending on to the second ; finlets behind the dorsal and anal ; 

 a dagger-shaped spine behind the vent. Caudal fin well developed. Ventrals reduced 

 to a spine each. No keel on the tail. 



Nealotiis tripes. 



Nealotus tripes, Johnson, Proc. Zool. See. LonJ., 1865, p. 434. 



D. 21 I 19-fII. A. 18-hII. P. 13. V. 1. 



This fish was known from a single example,' 10 inches long, obtained at Madeiiva in 

 the month of December, and has been fuUy described by Johnson. The Challenger 



> Mr. Johnson says (he. cit, p. 435) that this specimen has heen deposited in the British Museiuu. Such was 

 undouhtedlv his intention at the time when he .vrote his description, as before ami afterwards he most liberally 

 presented his ichthyological treasures to the National Institution. But this specimen was never received, and from 

 later inquiries it would appear that this valuable type is lost. 



