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patches, now (in spirit) white and of a spongy-looking tex- 

 ture. They are slightly elevated above the surrounding 

 surface of the skin, which can, however, be readily traced 

 passing over them. Their distribution is as follows : One 

 above the caudal region between the dorsal adipose fin and 

 the tail and another in front of this, between the adipose fin 

 and the posterior end of the dorsal, one, slightly divided into 

 two by a median line, on the sub-caudal region between the 

 anal fin and the tail, and two on each side of the anal fin. 

 Three much smaller roug-hly circular patches occur on the 

 side of the body between the ventrals and anal, about ^ the 

 diameter of the eye. Two smaller streaks, apparently of the 

 same kind of tissue, occur on the ventral surface behind the 

 ventrals; they are not symmetrically placed, the right being 

 nearer to the ventral fin than the left by about its own length. 



The loose scaleless skin is very dark brown, almost black, 

 tinged with a bronzy lustre on the postorbital region of the 

 head. 



Only one specimen of this fish was obtained. Locality, 

 Cape Point Light-house bearing S. 83° E. (mag;, distant 

 35^ miles, depth, 360 fathoms. Procured by shrimp trawl. 



A much-damaged fish, however, was obtained, 60 mm. in 

 length by shrimp trawl on the East Coast (Buffalo River 

 N.W. by W., distant 21 miles) ; depth, 490 fathoms, bottom, 

 sand. The dentition and shreds of dark skin seem to indicate 

 that it belongs to the same species. The barbel, which is 

 undamaged in this fish is long, reaching well beyond the 

 posterior extremity of the lower jaw and has a flattened 

 terminal portion. The dorsal has apparently 14 rays 

 however. 



Measurements of first specimen. 



Length of body (without caudal) 213 mm. 



Depth „ „ 35 „ 



Length of head 45 ,, 



Depth „ „ ^2 „ 



Vertical diameter of eye 10 ,, 



Length of barbel 20 (-t-r) „ 



