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tion of the head. Body with large brownish blotches which are subquincuncially 

 disposed. 



Gill-laminse rather shorter than the longest gill-rakers, which are very slender, needle- 

 shaped, and 5 -f- 18 in number. Pseudobranchise large. 



Attains a length of about 4 inches. Not rare in the Mediterranean, it has been 

 more recently found by the U.S. Fish Commission off the coast of Ehode Island, and 

 southward to about lat. 38° 30' N., in 120 and 156 fathoms. 



Chlorophthalmus i^roductus, n. sp. (PI. L, fig. D). 



Closely allied to Chlorophthalmus agassizii, but with longer snout, and more numerous 

 scales. 



B. 8. D. 11. A. 10. P. 16. V. 9. L. lat. 58. L. trans. 8 | 9. 



The length of the head is contained thrice and one-third or thrice and one-fourth 

 in the total (without caudal) ; eye a little more than one-third of the length of the head, 

 slightly exceeding the snout in length, and equal to the postorbital portion of the head. 

 Snout produced. Coloration uniform. 



Lingual teeth minute and few in numbei*. Gill-laminse rather short, shorter than 

 the slender gill-rakers, of which there are 2-1-15; the longest gill-rakers about one-third 

 as long as the eye. Pseudobranchise large. 



Habitat. — Off Matuku, Fiji Islands, Station 173; depth, 315 fathoms. Two 

 specimens, 3 and 5 inches long. 



Chlorophthalmus nigiipinnis (PI. LI. fig. A). 



■ CMorophfhalrmis nigripinnis, Giinth., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1878, vol iL p. 182. 

 B. 7. D. 11. A. 9. P. 16. V. 9. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 4^ | 5. 



Similar to Chlorophthalmus agassizii. The length of the head is contained thrice 

 and three-fourths in the total length (without caudal) ; the eye is large, two-fifths of the 

 length of the head and three times the width of the interorbital space. The distance of 

 the adipose fin from the dorsal equals that between the latter and the front margin of 

 the eye. Teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and palatine bones, in very narrow bands. 

 Pectoral rather shorter than the ventral, which extends far beyond the vent ; the vent 

 being much nearer to the ventral than to the anal. Silvery, with some very indistinct 

 darker spots on the side of the body ; top of the dorsal and extremity of each caudal lobe 

 deep black. 



Habitat.— OS Tv^'oMd Bay; depth, 120 fathoms. Two specimens, 5 J and 6 inches 



long. 



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