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Head conical, but depressed in front of the eyes, the snout 

 being somewhat wedge shaped and blunt, Muciferous tissue 

 well developed on snout, though there are no large pores. 

 Glandular tissue on preoperculum with one large pore. 

 Teeth on palatine and vomer villiform and as well developed 

 as on jaws. The mandibular row fits in between that of upper 

 jaw and vomer and palatine row when mouth is closed. 

 Cavity of mouth and gill chambers black. The maxillary 

 reaches to the posterior margin of the orbit. It is dilated 

 behind. The dorsal fin commences a little behind the 

 pectorals. It is of about equal height throughout, its longest 

 ray being about i^ times the vertical diameter of the eye. The 

 anal fin begins immediately behind the vent, which is situated 

 well in front of the middle of the body. The ventrals are 

 situated behind the end of the snout at a distance equal to the 

 length of the head, excluding snout, and reach to about the 

 second third of the pectoral fin. 



There are thin scales on anterior part of dorsal, reaching to 

 about half its height. None were perceived on the anal. The 

 lateral line is slightly curved and runs parallel with the upper 

 margin of the body. It is well marked on the anterior two thirds 

 of the body, but can only be traced with difficulty to the 

 caudal. There are about 12 series of scales between it and the 

 base of the middle of the dorsal. 



Colour : Body an uniform brown, dorsal and anal fins a 

 little darker. The posterior portion of these fins and caudal 

 black. 



Localifv : Several specimens procured along with other deep 

 sea Gadidcv and Macrurida', off the Cape Peninsula (Table 

 Mountain bearing N. 79^ E., distant 40 miles ) by shrimp net 

 at;a depth of 250: fathoms, the bottom being green sand. 



Measurements of a Specimen. 



(Most of the others were deeper in the body). 



Length of body ... ... ... ... ... 210 mm- 



Height „ „ 34-5 



„ V head ... 39 



Longitudinal diameter of eye ... ... ... 13 



Vertical „ ,, ... ... ... 10 



Interorbital space ... ... ... ... 9*5 



Snout 10 



Longest ray of dorsal ... ... ... ... 15 



Length of pectoral ... ... ... ... 23 



ventral ... ... ... ... 20 



Distance between snout and vent ... ... 86 



