composed of rays, which are still more slender and shorter 

 than those of the dorsal. Caudal fin narrow, subtruncated, 

 more than half as long as the head. Pectorals rather feeble, 

 lateral, as long as the caudal, and extending to the ventrals. 

 Ventrals composed of stronger rays, horizontally placed and 

 somewhat distant from each other, as is frequently found in 

 fishes habitually moving on the bottom; they slightly exceed 

 the pectorals in length. The scales are large, thin, deciduous, 

 forming only six longitudinal series on each side of the trunk. 

 Lateral line faintly indicated along the middle of the body; 

 the muciferous channels on the head are also narrow, with 

 small apertures. Brown, with colourless fins. Buccal and bran- 

 chial cavities and the lower side of the head black. Length 

 137 mm. [After Gunther; not seen by us]. 



Habitat: Banda Sea (3932 M.). -- South Atlantic. 



9. Dissomma Brauer. 



(BRAUER, Zool. Anz. XXV. 1902, p. 278). 



Elongate, strongly compressed, snout conical, gape of mouth 

 wide. Probably small scales (no fullgrown specimens known). 

 Telescopic eyes laterally situated, but looking upwards. The 

 short dorsal before ventrals, which are situated before middle 

 of length. Anal long, behind middle of body, above its hinder- 

 half the rather high adipose fin. Caudal forked. Intermaxillary 

 large. Maxilla, if present, very small. Teeth on intermaxillaries, 

 mandibles, vomer, palatines and tongue, depressible, unequal 

 in size. Gillopening wide. Gillmembranes separate. Pseudo- 

 branchiae present. 4 gills. Gillrakers small. No luminous organs. 



i. Dissomma anale Br. 



Dissoma anale Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 1906, p. 138. 

 Dissoma anale Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 84. 



Fig. 71. Dissoma anale Brauer(after Brauer). 

 B. 8; D. 7; A. 25; P. 19; V. 9 . 

 Height 6 1 / 2 > head 4 1 / 5 , eye 3 ! / 2 , about 2 / 3 of snout, which 



