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  Di'arjnosps 
  of 
  new 
  Marine 
  Fishes. 
  

  

  scales 
  in 
  a 
  lateral 
  series. 
  Deptli 
  3? 
  to 
  3§ 
  in 
  length. 
  Eye 
  

   3^ 
  to 
  3| 
  in 
  head. 
  Pectoral 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   origin 
  of 
  anal. 
  BInish. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  100-110 
  mm. 
  

  

  Three 
  Kings 
  Is. 
  

  

  Cynophidium^ 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  Snyderid'ia, 
  Gilb., 
  1905, 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  

   pelvic 
  tins; 
  these 
  are 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  simple 
  filaments, 
  jugular 
  in 
  

   position. 
  

  

  CynopJndium 
  punctatutn, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Depth 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  head, 
  which 
  is 
  6 
  in 
  length 
  of 
  fish. 
  

   Origin 
  of 
  dorsnl 
  slightly 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  vent. 
  Pelvics 
  ^ 
  head 
  

   or 
  ^ 
  distance 
  from 
  their 
  base 
  to 
  origin 
  of 
  anal. 
  Olivaceous, 
  

   powdered 
  with 
  little 
  dark 
  spots. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  185 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cape 
  North, 
  70 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Arnoplosswi 
  mongonuiensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  D. 
  86-90 
  ; 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  rays 
  prolonged 
  \n 
  ($ 
  . 
  A. 
  72-76. 
  

   Scales 
  70. 
  Depth 
  2^ 
  to 
  2f 
  in' 
  length, 
  head 
  4 
  to 
  4i. 
  Eyes 
  

   close 
  together, 
  3 
  to 
  3^ 
  in 
  head. 
  Maxillary 
  extending 
  to 
  

   anterior 
  edge 
  of 
  eye. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  75-85 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cape 
  North, 
  14-30 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  3. 
  Fishes 
  prom 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  Malacorhina 
  cirrifer, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  M. 
  mira, 
  Garm., 
  allowing 
  for 
  differences 
  

   due 
  to 
  sex 
  and 
  size, 
  this 
  being 
  a 
  young 
  female. 
  Distance 
  

   between 
  nostrils 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  either 
  from 
  edge 
  of 
  disc. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  220 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cape 
  Frio, 
  40 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  Prionotus 
  hrachycldr, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  D. 
  VITI-XI, 
  10-12. 
  A. 
  10-12. 
  Scales 
  50 
  to 
  60, 
  45 
  to 
  

   50 
  in 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Strong 
  opercular 
  and 
  prseopercular 
  spines, 
  

   but 
  no 
  other 
  spines 
  on 
  head. 
  Maxillary 
  extending 
  to 
  below 
  

   anterior 
  ^ 
  of 
  eye. 
  Interorbital 
  space 
  a 
  little 
  concave, 
  | 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  which 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  snout 
  or 
  postorbital 
  length 
  

   of 
  head. 
  Second 
  or 
  third 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  longest, 
  ^ 
  head. 
  

   Pectoral 
  shorter 
  than 
  head. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  70-80 
  mu). 
  

  

  Cape 
  Frio, 
  40 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  