Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 3195 



Page 2471. After Lycenclielys paxillus (Goode & Bean), insert the 

 following: 



2833 (a). LYCEXCHELYS 3IUR.EXA (Collett). 



Head nearly 8; depth about 20; eye 4.5; D. 112 (including one-half of 

 caudal, 118); A. 95 (101); P. 13. Body everywhere scaled, head and fin 

 naked; ventrals comparatively close together, 6 times length of pectoral; 

 jaws with teeth in a single series. Lateral line present, hut difficult to 

 trace in its entirety; from upper angle of gill-opening a series of rather 

 closely placed, very small pores (connected by a narrow Hue) descends in 

 a curve to a short distance behind vent; after having reached nearly to- 

 base of anal, it runs for a short distance nearly horizontally, whereupon 

 it ceases, or can not be followed in the same direction with certainty; 

 another lateral line, however, begins about over the vent, and runs hori- 

 zontally along median line, becoming obsolete toward end of tail ; the 

 pores herein are very small and more widely separated, and can be seen 

 only by close observation; the short whitish line which runs through 

 each pore forms here no accompanying line. Length 7 to 11 inches. 

 North Atlantic. Recently taken by the Ingolf expedition in Denmark 

 Strait. 



Li/codes murcena, COLLETT, Lorh. Selsk. Christ., No. 14, 15, 1878, off Traenen, in Helgo- 

 land, Norway; Liitken, Ingolf Expedition, 20, 1898. 

 Lycenchelys murcena, GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 309, 1896. 



Page 2578. Chalinura Simula, Goode & Bean, was taken by the Ingolf 

 in Denmark Strait in 912 to 1,236 fathoms. 



Page 2587. Before Ccelorhynchus, Giorna, insert the following: 

 2963 (a). MACBOURUS IXGOLFI, Liitken. 



The head is contained about 5 times in the total length. The superior 

 or frontal surface of the snout is separated from the inferior or more for- 

 wardly directed part by a well-developed crest or edge, terminating in 3 

 spinose osseous tubercles, 1 directly in the middle and 1 on each side, 

 close before the naked spot, where the nostrils have their place, and con- 

 tinued both above and below the orbits. The broadly triangular snout is 

 prolonged fairly over and before the mouth, which is relatively little, the 

 corners of the mouth falling in a line with the anterior margin'of the 

 middle of the orbits. The eyes are large, their diameter surpassing the 

 breadth of the front between the eyes. The teeth form a fine card in both 

 jaws. The head is scaled with the exception of the gill-membrane, the 

 isthmus, and its foremost superior margin, and almost the whole lower 

 surface. The naked part of the snout is handsomely embroidered with 

 rows of slime glands. The first dorsal, counting 11+9 rays, is singularly 

 high and its longest (second) ray is serrate and as long as the head. The 

 second dorsal begins much forward, its foremost rudimentary rays may be 

 followed until not far from the posterior margin of the first dorsal fin. 

 The pectoral contains 20 rays, and the ventrals, whose external ray tapers 

 to a fine thread and reaches a long stretch beyond the anus, have 8 rays. 

 It may also be remarked that the tail, as in other Macrurians, is really 

 Bull. No. 47, pt. 4 XI 



