338 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Nematoprora polygonifera, Gilbert. 



Gilbert, 1905, Bull. U.S. Fish. Cotnm. xxiii (1903), p. 587, fig. 234. 



St. 285. 16. viii. 27. 2° 43' 30" S, 00° 56' 30" W. 4-J m. net, horizontal, 125-175 (-0) m. : 12 

 specimens, 220-300 mm. 



28. X. 25. 13° 25' N, 18° 22' W. 4i m. net, horizontal, 900 (-0) m. : i specimen, 260 mm. 



Hob. Atlantic; Hawaiian Islands. 



Avocettina infans (Giinther, 1878). 



Brauer, 1906, ?.c. p. 129, pi. viii, figs. 5-6. 



St. 72. I. vi. 26. 41° 43' 20" S, 42° 20' 40" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 2000 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 

 450-470 mm. 



St. 76. 5. vi. 26. 39° 50' 30" S, 36° 23' 00" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 1500 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 360 mm.i 



St. 79. 13. vi. 26. 34° 48' 00" S, 16° 36' 00" W. 4! m. net, horizontal, 1000 (-0) m.: i 

 specimen, 200 mm.^ 



Hab. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



Serrivomer beanii, Gill and Ryder, 1883. 



Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth. p. 155, fig. 175. 



St. 79. 13. vi. 26. 34° 48' 00" S, 16° 36' 00" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 1000 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 295 mm. 



St. 81. 18. vi. 26. 32° 45' 00" S, 8° 47' 00" W. 4^ m. net, horizontal, 650 (-0) m. : 5 specimens, 

 140-490 mm. 



Hab. Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



Family CONGRIDAE 

 Genus Grammatocephalus, gen. nov. 



Body of moderate length, the tail a little shorter than the trunk, naked; dorsal and 

 anal fins well developed, confluent with the caudal; pectorals present. Head with some 

 large mucous pores, regularly arranged, and with a number of fine, close-set, and more 

 or less parallel ridges, arranged in regular longitudinal, transverse and oblique series, 

 more developed on the upper surface; snout broad and flat; nostrils lateral, neither with 

 a tube. Mouth of moderate width, the angle below the posterior border of the eye; 

 lower jaw included, much narrower than the upper. Teeth villiform, conical, forming 

 rather broad bands in both jaws; similar teeth on the vomer, apparently arranged in a 

 horseshoe-shaped patch. Tongue free. Gill-openings widely separated, forming narrow 

 slits of moderate size. Pores of lateral line distinct. 



Genotype. Grammatocephalus kempt, n.sp. 



^ Tail incomplete. 



