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length, while the snout is half as long again as in A. Agassizii, and 
forms little less than a third of the length of the head. 
N. M. No. | Station. | Lat. | Long. | Fathoms. | Specimens. 
m soa et 
| (> glen Mm \On of “ | 
COCUS) outs Sogo 5 55 ode AS noes eesneeeee | 2035 | 39 26 16 70 02 37 1, 362 | 1 
Halosaurus Goodei. 
fee DTS LOM. VS 18: 
The snout is moderately produced, its preoral portion forming two- 
sevenths (H. m. 2) of its length; the eye is small, equal to one-fifth (H. 
m. 4) of the postocular portion of the head, and less than one-half (1: 25 
ce. H. m. 1: 2) of the width of the interorbital space. The head is longer 
than the distance between it and the root of the ventral; the supra- 
maxillary reaches the vertical of the front margin of the eye; the dorsal 
is entirely behind the ventrals; the anal commences as far behind the 
root of the ventrals as the latter is behind the preoperculum; the pec- 
torals nearly reach backward to the ventrals; the squamation is similar 
to that of the H. macrochir. 
This species has been confounded with the H. macrochir by previous 
writers, and it is certainly very nearly related to it, but it appears to 
be specifically separable by the number of rays in the dorsal and ventral 
fins and the proportions of those parts contrasted above. I take pleasure 
in dedicating it to my friend, Prof. G. Brown Goode, who first, in union 
with Dr. Bean, determined its existence, as well as its near relationship 
to H. macrochir. 
N. M. Nos. | Station Lat Long. Fathoms. Specimens. 
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| ° ‘ “ ° , “ 
eS Re areata eas anlar (s win wen o's ='oi-i2 | 2037 | 38 53 00 69 23 30 1, 731 1 
iene etal ealecccleic oda as viv em cviesscic~ 2051 | 39 41 00/69 21 20 1,106 1 
LM = seas nea Sob Sa AeA oe pe oeeee 2051 | 39 41 00/| 69 21 20 1, 106 10 
ie ae ciate elullo ann clelsiewsiaaials missin os 2035 | 39 26 16 | 70 02 37 1, 362 Eg 
OUND po ee Sootpecel Snap oP cere Oo eaeE see 2052 | 39 40 05) 69 21 25 1, 098 10 
BERYCIDZ. 
PLECTROMUS. 
Berycids with an elongated form, moderate cycloid seales, an oblong 
head with a much decurved or truncate snout, rather small eyes, and 
teeth small, acute, and in two rows in each jaw, of which those of the 
inner row (at least in the lower jaw) are largest, and palate toothless. 
Proc. Nat. Mus. 883——-17 
