NO. 2231. ANEW MACRUROID FISH— GILBERT AND HUBBS. 175 



largely in oblique rows which follow the grooves between the myo- 

 tomes A similar metameric arrangement is apparent in the squa- 

 mation of the tail. The buccal and branchial cavities are wholly lined 

 with silvery or white, with the exception of a few scattered spots on 

 the inner surface of the opercles. 



Only the one specimen is known. It is evidently immature but 

 can not represent the yoimg stage of any other species, as we have 

 examined much smaller specimens of numerous other species and 

 find that they do not in the least resemble this form. 



