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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  and 
  forming 
  a 
  sheath 
  along 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  ; 
  7 
  or 
  8 
  scales 
  in 
  a 
  

   series 
  from 
  origin 
  of 
  dorsal 
  to 
  and 
  including 
  lateral 
  line, 
  25 
  from 
  origin 
  

   of 
  anal 
  to 
  lateral 
  line; 
  scidpturing 
  of 
  scale 
  as 
  in 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  

   Mono7nitopus; 
  lateral 
  line 
  inconspicuous, 
  disappearing 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  

   slightly 
  behind 
  origin 
  of 
  anal. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  

   from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  4.13 
  (4.37 
  m 
  total 
  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  

   tip 
  of 
  snout 
  2.57 
  (2.72 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  ventrals 
  short, 
  slender, 
  very 
  

   close 
  together, 
  broken, 
  presumably 
  less 
  than 
  0.25 
  length 
  of 
  head; 
  

   pectorals 
  1.83, 
  broad, 
  scaled 
  at 
  base. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Clove-brown; 
  opercular 
  region 
  blackish; 
  fins 
  

   somewhat 
  darker; 
  peritoneum 
  dark 
  seal 
  brown. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  74135, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  27.5 
  cm. 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  with 
  

   a 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5610 
  (lat. 
  0° 
  36' 
  00" 
  S.; 
  long. 
  122° 
  01' 
  00" 
  

   E.), 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Tomini, 
  Celebes, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  678 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  gray 
  mud. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  named 
  in 
  honor 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  Garman 
  in 
  recognition 
  

   of 
  liis 
  noteworthy 
  contributions 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  deep-sea 
  fishes. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BARATHRODEMUS 
  Goode 
  and 
  Bean. 
  

  

  BARATHRODEMUS 
  NASUTUS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Plate 
  10, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  99; 
  caudal 
  9; 
  anal 
  81; 
  ventrals 
  2; 
  pectorals 
  24. 
  

  

  Head 
  4.78 
  (5.38 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  fleshy 
  covering 
  entirely 
  concealing 
  

   bony 
  structure; 
  body 
  short, 
  deep, 
  so 
  thin 
  that 
  the 
  interneurals 
  and 
  

   interhsemals 
  are 
  discernible, 
  strongly 
  arched, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  4.25 
  

   (4.77 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  6.40, 
  small, 
  elliptical 
  oval; 
  snout 
  4, 
  much 
  

   produced 
  and 
  dilated, 
  overhanging 
  mouth; 
  mouth 
  small, 
  inferior, 
  

   nearly 
  horizontal, 
  upper 
  jaw 
  overhanging 
  lower; 
  maxillary 
  2.28, 
  

   short, 
  almost 
  entirely 
  concealed 
  by 
  suborbital, 
  posterior 
  end 
  dilated, 
  

   truncate, 
  extending 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye 
  

   for 
  0.8 
  an 
  eye-diameter; 
  teeth 
  small, 
  villiform; 
  patch 
  on 
  vomer 
  

   broadly 
  y\ 
  -shaped; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  slender, 
  sharp 
  spine; 
  

   almost 
  entu'ely 
  concealed 
  by 
  sldn; 
  preopercle 
  unarmed, 
  the 
  fleshy 
  

   skin 
  covering 
  both 
  it 
  and 
  opercle 
  continuous; 
  pseudobranchice 
  small, 
  

   rudimentary; 
  gill-fiJaments 
  short; 
  gill-rakers 
  4+19, 
  those 
  on 
  upper 
  

   arch 
  and 
  near 
  end 
  of 
  lower 
  arch 
  reduced 
  to 
  small 
  protuberances, 
  the 
  

   longest 
  about 
  0.63 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye; 
  no 
  pyloric 
  coeca; 
  scales 
  small, 
  

   cycloid, 
  persistent, 
  entirely 
  covering 
  head 
  and 
  body, 
  fornung 
  a 
  scaly 
  

   sheath 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal, 
  about 
  39 
  scales 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  from 
  

   origin 
  of 
  anad 
  to 
  dorsal; 
  the 
  sculpturing 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  essentially 
  as 
  in 
  

   Neohythites; 
  lateral 
  line 
  absent. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal; 
  distance 
  of 
  dorsal 
  

   from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  4.50 
  (5.06 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  

   tip 
  of 
  snout 
  2.64 
  (2.96 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  ventrals 
  small, 
  each 
  consisting 
  

  

  