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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MV8EVM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  of 
  snout 
  2.45 
  (2.74 
  in 
  total 
  length) 
  ; 
  ventrals 
  short, 
  widely 
  separated 
  

   at 
  base, 
  each 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  superimposed 
  divided 
  rays, 
  spatulate 
  at 
  

   tip, 
  the 
  upper 
  ray 
  longest, 
  2.55 
  in 
  head; 
  ventral 
  base 
  behind 
  tip 
  of 
  

   humeral 
  symphysis; 
  pectorals 
  narrow, 
  pointed, 
  elongate, 
  4.16 
  (4.65 
  

   in 
  total 
  length), 
  tips 
  reaching 
  beyond 
  base 
  of 
  anal; 
  distance 
  from 
  base 
  

   of 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  to 
  anal 
  slightly 
  greater 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Body 
  burnt 
  umber; 
  head 
  and 
  belly 
  with 
  a 
  grayish 
  

   cast; 
  fins 
  and 
  peritoneum 
  dark 
  seal 
  brown. 
  

  

  Type,— 
  C&t. 
  No. 
  74137, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  28.8 
  cm. 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  with 
  

   a 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5608 
  (lat. 
  00° 
  08' 
  00" 
  S.; 
  long. 
  121° 
  19' 
  00" 
  

   E.), 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Tomini, 
  Celebes, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1,089 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  gray 
  mud. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  prove 
  inseparable 
  from 
  B. 
  pterotus 
  of 
  Alcock, 
  but 
  

   differs 
  markedly 
  from 
  his 
  description 
  in 
  having 
  fewer 
  rays 
  in 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  and 
  anal, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  shorter 
  distance 
  between 
  base 
  of 
  pectoral 
  

   and 
  first 
  anal 
  ray. 
  

  

  ENCHELYBROTULA 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  A 
  Bassogigas-\ike 
  form, 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  elongate, 
  anguilliform 
  body. 
  

   Mouth 
  short, 
  broad, 
  teeth 
  small, 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  series 
  on 
  jaws, 
  vomer 
  and 
  

   palatines; 
  eye 
  small, 
  deep-set; 
  opercular 
  spine 
  feeble, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   skin; 
  pseudobranchiae 
  absent; 
  giU-rakers 
  few, 
  small, 
  tubercle-like; 
  

   branchiostegals 
  7 
  ; 
  ventral 
  filaments 
  bifid 
  ; 
  stomach 
  greatly 
  elongated, 
  

   opening 
  of 
  pylorus 
  on 
  mesial 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  no 
  pyloric 
  

   coeca; 
  urinary 
  bladder 
  exceedingly 
  large. 
  

  

  Type 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  — 
  Enchelyhrotula 
  paucidens, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  ENCHELYBROTULA 
  PAUCIDENS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radclifie, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  11, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  125; 
  caudal 
  10; 
  anal 
  90; 
  ventrals 
  2; 
  pectorals 
  22. 
  

  

  Head 
  7.70 
  (8.42 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  short, 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  anteriorly, 
  

   slightly 
  arched 
  posteriorly, 
  angles 
  of 
  skull 
  obscured 
  by 
  the 
  thick 
  

   fleshy 
  skin 
  ; 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  small 
  pores 
  from 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  opercle 
  extending 
  

   forward 
  nearly 
  to 
  eye, 
  thence 
  downward 
  to 
  maxillary, 
  around 
  lower 
  

   margin 
  of 
  snout; 
  other 
  pores 
  on 
  lower 
  lip, 
  along 
  margin 
  of 
  preopercle, 
  

   and 
  one 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  on 
  occiput; 
  body 
  elongate, 
  compressed, 
  anguU- 
  

   liform, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  7.14 
  (7.82 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  9.28 
  in 
  head, 
  3 
  

   in 
  interorbital, 
  small, 
  circular, 
  very 
  deep 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  alcoholic 
  example, 
  

   outside 
  covering 
  of 
  skin 
  transparent 
  ; 
  snout 
  3.71, 
  low, 
  bluntly 
  rounded, 
  

   scarcely 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  mouth; 
  mouth 
  short, 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  

   terminal; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  included; 
  maxillary 
  2.32, 
  reaching 
  slightly 
  

   beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye, 
  with 
  a 
  fleshy 
  covering 
  

   of 
  skin; 
  teeth 
  small, 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  series 
  on 
  jaws, 
  vomer 
  and 
  

   palatines; 
  opercular 
  spine 
  short, 
  blunt, 
  entirely 
  covered 
  by 
  skin; 
  

   preopercle 
  unarmed, 
  lower 
  margin 
  free 
  ; 
  pseudobranchise 
  absent 
  ; 
  giUs 
  

  

  