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D. 18. A. 18. P. 6, V. 5. L. lat. 88. 



The height of the body is contained twelve and a half times in the total length, with- 

 out caudal, the length of the head nine and one-third times. Barbel as long as the 

 head, terminating in three filaments. Pectoral and ventral fins very narrow and 

 elongate. Each of the median abdominal series of luminous spots contains fifty-four 

 between pectoral and ventral fins, fourteen between ventral and anal, and fifteen 

 between the origin of the anal and caudal. 



Stomias affinis, n. sp. (PL LIV. fig. A). 



D. 17. A. 20. P. 6. V. 5. 



Scaleless, but with the hexagonal divisions of the skin distinct. The height of the 

 body is one-twelfth of the total length, without caudal, the length of the head one- 

 eighth. Teeth fixed. The barbel is about as long as the head, and terminates in three 

 filaments (fig. a); the end of the stem of the barbel white, with a black pigment-spot, 

 and probably luminous. Pectoral and ventral fins narrow and elongate, especially the 

 latter, which taper into a filament and extend beyond the anterior anal rays. Anal fin 

 higher than dorsal. Each of the abdominal series of luminous spots contains forty-three 

 between the pectoral and ventral fins, six between ventrals and anal, and fifteen (sixteen) 

 between the origin of the anal and caudal ; another parallel series runs below, and a 

 third above the middle of the side of the body. Fins white, dorsal, anal and ventrals 

 with black margins. 



Habitat.— South, of Sombrero Island, Station 23; depth, 450 fathoms. One 

 specimen, 5 inches long. 



Stomias ferox (Reinh.). 



D. 17. A. 21. P. 6. V. 6. 



The height of the body is about one-twelfth of the total length, the length of the 

 head one-tenth. The barbel is longer than the head, tapering and not fringed at its 

 extremity. Neither the pectorals nor the ventrals are produced. 



Discovered first in the sea off the coast of Greenland ; other specimens were recently 

 obtained further southward, viz., in lat. 40° 0' to 41° 30' N., long. 65° 0' to 68° 0' W.; 

 at depths of 304 and 524 fathoms. 



