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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  thirds 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  eye; 
  pyloric 
  coeca 
  absent; 
  scales 
  small, 
  decidu- 
  

   ous, 
  entirely 
  covering 
  head 
  and 
  body; 
  lateral 
  line 
  indistinguishable. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  continuous 
  with 
  the 
  caudal; 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  close 
  

   to 
  head, 
  its 
  distance 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  6.58 
  (7.16 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  

   caudal 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  pointed; 
  origin 
  of 
  anal 
  a 
  head-length 
  behind 
  

   base 
  of 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  rays, 
  its 
  distance 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  about 
  one- 
  

   third 
  standard 
  length; 
  ventrals 
  simple, 
  1.26 
  in 
  head, 
  bases 
  close 
  

   together, 
  behind 
  tip 
  of 
  humeral 
  symphysis; 
  upper 
  11 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  head, 
  lower 
  rays 
  greatly 
  produced, 
  less 
  flexible, 
  bound 
  

   together 
  and 
  thickened 
  near 
  base, 
  the 
  longest 
  3.12 
  (3.40 
  in 
  total 
  

   length). 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Cinnamon, 
  darker 
  shades 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  belly; 
  fins 
  

   light 
  olivaceous; 
  stomach 
  and 
  peritoneum 
  dark 
  chestnut 
  brown. 
  

  

  TyjJe.—C&t. 
  No. 
  74139, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  27.2 
  cm. 
  long, 
  taken 
  with 
  a 
  

   beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5609 
  (lat. 
  00° 
  11' 
  00" 
  S.; 
  long. 
  121° 
  16' 
  00" 
  

   E.), 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Tomini, 
  Celebes, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1,092 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  

   a 
  bottom 
  of 
  green 
  mud. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BASSOZETUS 
  Gill. 
  

   BASSOZETUS 
  ROBUSTUS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  neW 
  species. 
  

  

  Plate 
  11, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  120; 
  caudal 
  9; 
  anal 
  102; 
  ventrals 
  1; 
  pectorals 
  25. 
  

  

  Head 
  4.67 
  (5.14 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  its 
  depth 
  nearly 
  twice 
  its 
  breadth, 
  

   about 
  0.85 
  its 
  length, 
  large, 
  compressed, 
  depressed 
  anteriorly, 
  strongly 
  

   arched 
  posteriorly, 
  bones 
  soft 
  and 
  cavernous, 
  a 
  prominent 
  inter- 
  

   narial 
  ridge, 
  and 
  a 
  ridge 
  near 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  interorbital 
  space, 
  these 
  

   slightly 
  diverging 
  j)osteriorly, 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  deep 
  concavity, 
  with 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  concavity 
  lying 
  between 
  ridges 
  and 
  eyes 
  (in 
  life 
  these 
  con- 
  

   cavities 
  were 
  probably 
  much 
  less 
  distinct), 
  a 
  distinct 
  promuience 
  

   above 
  and 
  behind 
  each 
  eye; 
  body 
  robust 
  anteriorly, 
  tapering 
  regu- 
  

   larly, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  5.45 
  (6 
  in 
  total 
  length); 
  eye 
  10 
  in 
  head, 
  2.64 
  in 
  

   snout, 
  small, 
  elliptical-oval; 
  snout 
  3.78, 
  somewhat 
  sw^ollen, 
  as 
  broad 
  

   as 
  interorbital, 
  not 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  mouth; 
  niouth 
  large, 
  oblique, 
  

   lower 
  jaw 
  included, 
  its 
  tip 
  when 
  closed 
  fitting 
  into 
  a 
  toothless 
  space 
  

   between 
  intermaxillary 
  bands 
  of 
  teeth; 
  maxillary 
  1.84, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   groove 
  posteriorly, 
  dilated 
  behind 
  to 
  nearly 
  twice 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  

   extending 
  2 
  eye 
  diameters 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   eye, 
  posterior 
  margin 
  sinuous, 
  upper 
  margin 
  concealed 
  under 
  ex- 
  

   panded 
  suborbital; 
  teeth 
  small, 
  sharp, 
  in 
  broad 
  bands 
  on 
  jaws, 
  

   vomer, 
  and 
  palatines; 
  band 
  on 
  vomer 
  broadly 
  /\-shaped, 
  each 
  arm 
  

   being 
  bent 
  with 
  the 
  convexity 
  inward; 
  tongue 
  large, 
  broad 
  and 
  

   pointed, 
  margins 
  thin, 
  tip 
  reaching 
  within 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  eye 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  tip 
  of 
  mandible; 
  opercular 
  s])ine 
  very 
  feeble, 
  broad, 
  flat, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  skin 
  not 
  extending 
  as 
  far 
  backward 
  and 
  not 
  nearly 
  as 
  

  

  