THE FISHES OF THE INGOLF EXPEDITIONS. 



Haloporphyrus eques Gthr. (Tab. IV, fig. 7). 



Of this species, known from the Report of the Challenger expedition (p. 91, pi. 18 B) the 

 Ingolf expedition obtained on Station 9 (West of Iceland, Denmark Strait at 64° 18' Lat. North 27°oo' 

 Long. W., at a depth of 295 fathoms, bottom clay, bottom temperature 5°.8 C.) two specimens 7*/ 4 inch, 

 long (one of them defect). Several larger and smaller specimens were obtained from the stations 81 

 and 89, at 61 44' Lat. North, 27° 00' Long. West, 485 fathoms, bottom temperature 6°.i C. and 64° 45' Lat. 

 North, 27 20' Long. West, 310 fathoms, bottom temperature 8°.4 C, partly from Denmark Strait, W T est 

 of Iceland, partly southwest of this island. Previously the species is taken (specimens 12 — 13 inches 

 long) in the Faroe-Channel at a depth of 530 fathoms and later in Gascony bay at depths of 1410 

 and 800 metres (Koehler, Resultats scieutifiques de la Campagne du Caudan fasc. Ill, 1896). Nearly 

 related types are known from the Mediterranean: H.lepidion Risso (cfr. Vinciguerra: Anal. Mus. Civico 

 Genova vol. XVIII, p. 554, pi. Ill) and H. Gilntheri Gigl. (can obtain a length of 24 inches, Gunther, 

 Report p. 91, pi. 18, fig.B; also off Portugal and at Madera). From more distant localities are known 

 //. enosimaz Gthr. (Gunther, 1. c. pi. XX, fig.B, 12 inches, Inosima, 345 fathoms) and H. ensiferw Gthr. 

 (1. c. pi. XIX, fig. A, mouth of Plata River, 600 fathoms). 



Of one of the largest Ingolfian specimen I shall insert some measures. 



Total length 275""", head 63""", consequently not x / 4 of the total length. 



Diameter of the eye 2i mm , ! / 3 of the length of the head, a little more than the length of the 

 snout (20 mm ) and about i 1 ^ time the interorbital space. 



The upper jaw terminating below the anterior margin of the lens; the filamentous ray of the 

 ventrals c. 35""", the pectoral 44 mm (about equal to the length of the head without the snout); the 

 length of the first dorsal ray equals the length of the head. 



A sketch made on the expedition gives to the fish a chocolate-brown colour with a bluish tint 

 especially on the fins. 



Antimora viola Goode & Beau. 



The genus Antimora numbers two species, a southern and a northern, if really different, a 

 question, on which Dr. Gunther apparently speaks with some diffidence. They really must be very 

 nearly related, but I have no doubt that the Ingolfian specimens are here correctly determined. 

 A. rostra/a Gunther 1 Report on deep-sea fishes p. 93, pi. XVI A) was found off the mouth of the Plata 

 River and off Montevideo, at a depth of 600 fathoms, between Kerguelen and Cape, and in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Marion Island at 1375 fathoms; the largest specimen was 24 Engl, inches. A. viola G- 

 .X: B. (ibid. p. 94, pi. 15) was first captured at a depth of 4 — 500 fathoms on the edge of «le Havre 

 ik , later in 25 specimens in localities between 33 35' Lat. North and 41' 34' Lat. North and between 

 76°Oo' Long. West and 65 54' Long. West at depths between 306 and 1242 fathoms. The expedition 

 of the prince of Monaco (Collett, Resultats des campagnes scientifiques etc. p. 59) obtained 12 

 specimens a little more to the north (45 20' Lat. North) on the Newfoundland bank at a depth of 1267 

 meters; the largest specimen was 358"™. 



