164 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



maxillary extends beyond the front margin of the eye, and is two-fifths of the length of 

 the head. Lower eye considerably in advance of the upper. Lower liml) of the pr^e- 

 operculum half as long as the head. Vertical fins of moderate height, extending nearly 

 to the root of the caudal. Left pectoral fin more developed than the right, and rather 

 more than one-half of the length of the head. Brownish ; fin-rays indistinctly punctulated 

 with brown. 



Habitat. — Off the coast of New Zealand, Station 167 ; depth, 150 fathoms. One 

 specimen, 6 inches long. 



Pseudorhomhus hoops. 



Pseudorhomhus loops, Hector, Trans. New. Zeal. Inst, vol. vii. p. 249, pi. xi. 



D. 111. A. 92. P. 13. L. lat. 80. 



The dorsal fin commences above the nostrils. The height of the body is contained 

 twice and three-fourths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 thrice and three-fifths. Scales indistinctly ciliated ; those on the head and on the 

 anterior part of the body smaller than those on the tail. Interorbital ridge very 

 narrow and naked. No spines or tubercles along the lateral line or the base of the fins. 

 The curve of the lateral line is strong, but flat above. Snout two-thirds of the length 

 of the eye, the diameter of which is two-sevenths of the length of the head. Lower jaw 

 prominent. The maxillary extends nearly to below the middle of the eye and is two- 

 fifths of the length of the head. Lower eye considerably in advance of tlie upper. 

 Lower limb of the prseoperculum rather more than half as long as the head. Vertical 

 fins of moderate height, extending nearly to the root of the caudal. Left pectoral fin 

 more developed than the right and somewhat more than one-half of the length of the 

 head. Uniform yellowish-white. 



Habitat. — Two hundred miles ofi" Cape Farewell ; depth, 400 fathoms. One 

 specimen, 6 inches long. 



Pseudorhomhus ohlongus (Mitch.). 



ParalichtJiys oblongus, Goode, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., voL iii. p. 472. 



A littoral species, off" the United States, taken in 100 fathoms, on the south coast of 

 New England. 



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Pseudorhomhus oceUatus. 



Pseudorhomhus oceUatus, Giinth., Report on the Shore Fishes, Zool. Chall. Exp., pt. vi. p. 56, 



pi. xxiv. figs. A, B. 



Habitat. — Admiralty Islands ; depth, 152 fathoms. One specimen, 5 1 inches long. 



