398 



A Revision of the Genus Myxine. 



16. 320 mm. (teetb g). 



17. 310 mm. (teeth |). 



18-20. 240-270 mm. (teeth ^). 



21. 265 mm. (teeth I). 



22. 220 mm. (teeth I). 



23. 200 mm. (teeth f). 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Between Shet- 

 land and Fa- 

 roe Is., 545- 

 780 metres. 



Firth of Forth. 



Christiansund. 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



V, Fritsch. 



Dr W. G. Ride- 

 wood. 



Prof. D'Arcy 

 Thompson. 



Mr. Adamson. 



F. Sandeman, Esq. 



Mr. Woodfall. 



7. Myxine liniosa. 



Myxine limosa, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1858, p. 223 ; Garman, Mem. 



Mus. Comp. Zool. xxiv. 1899, p. 848. 

 Myxine glutinosa, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, 



p. 7. 



6 branchial pouches. 9 teeth in tlie first series and 10 in 

 the second, tlie 2 most anterior teetli in eacli series united. 

 Pores 26 -f 70 + 10. Length of head 3f in the total length. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



1. 340 mm. 



Bay of Fundy, 30 fath. 



F. Day, Esq, 



8. Myxine ailantica, sp. n. 



6 branchial pouches. 9 teetli in the first series and 8 in 

 the second, the two most anterior teeth in each series united. 

 Pores 28 -f 64 + 12. Length of head 3^ in the total length. 



Western North Atlantic. 



1. 310 mm. (type of the 

 species). 



44° 17' N., 58° 10' W., 

 120 fath. 



Smithsonian Inst. 



9. Myxine capensis, sp. n. 



7 branchial pouches. Pores 30 -f 58 4- 1 1. Length of head 

 3^ in the total length. 

 South Africa. 



1. 310 mm. (type of the Cape of Good Hope, Dr. J. D. F. Gilchrist, 

 species). 110 fath. 



Unfortunately the teeth are imperfect ; there may have 

 been 8 or 9 in each series. 



