154 dep:p sea fishes. 



bases narrow, situated low on the side, fin small, pointed, about three 

 fifths as long as the head. Ventrals slightly separated at their bases, by. 

 nearly one half the width of the eye, of two slender filamentary rays, 

 separated in much the greater part of their length; lower ray the longer, 

 nearly as long as the head, upper little more than half as long. The 

 distance from the ventrals to the anal is not far from the length of 

 the head. The uppermost of the three lateral lines reaches the base of 

 the dorsal nearly above the vent ; the median extends much farther toward 

 the caudal, like the lower from below the base of the pectoral along 

 that of the anal. 



In some cases appearances indicate a continuation of the upper line 

 along the base of the dorsal fin. 



Scales small, very thin, covering body and head. 



Head, body, fins and linings of mouth and body cavity brown to 

 blackish ; reddish over the muscular portions, where the scales have 

 been removed, with tints of purple on the head. 



Largest specimen nineteen and one half, and smallest five and one half 

 inches, the latter is very young which may account for its presence so 

 near the surface. Station 3370. 



Porogadus atripectus sp. n. 

 Plate XXXVII. fig. 3. 



Br. r. 8 ; D. 196 ; A. 157 ; V. 2 ; P. 17-18 ; C. 6. 



Body moderately compressed, very long and slender in the caudal 

 portion. Head scaly, rather thick, depressed on the frontal region, flat- 

 tened on the crown, depth equal to neaily half of the length, which 

 latter is one seventh of the total length. Snout long, moderately broad, 

 blunt, rounded, one and one half times as long as the eye. Mouth very 

 wide, cleft reaching backward of the eye. Maxillary separated from the 

 mouth by the intermaxillary, nearly as wide as the eye at the end. Teeth 

 in villiform bands on jaws, and palatines ; a short band on the basibran- 

 chials ; and a V-shaped group on the vomer. Eye medium, two thirds 

 of the interorbital space, five eighths as long as the snout, less than one 



