208 DEEP SEA FISHES. 



little backward of the base of the first dorsal. Ventral bases little forward 

 of those of the pectorals ; fin length equalling the distance from the end of 

 the snout to the hind border of the orbit; first raj longest, witli a filament. 

 Scales covering the body and the upper surfaces of the head harsh to the 

 touch, with series of sharp spines, up to eight or more series on a scale. 

 The scales on the cephalic ridges and angles are especially rough. Vent 

 nearer to the. ventral bases than to the anal. Nineteen long pyloi'ic 

 appendages. 



Blackish over the body cavity ; reddish brown over the muscular por- 

 tions of the caudal section; lighter to translucent on the head and snout; 

 entire surface tinted with grayish, from the spinules of the scales. Fins 

 light; first dorsal and pectorals tipped with black. Orbit surrounded by a 

 narrow border of black. As the description is taken from small specimens 

 it is to be expected that darker colors will prevail on larger individuals, in 

 which case the orbital ring of black will be less conspicuous. 



. Macrurus loricatus sp. u. 

 Plate XL VII. figs. 2-2 h. 



Br. r. 7 ; D. 12 + 144 ; A. 135 ; V. 11 ; P. 19-20. 



Sliape and proportions similar to those of M. latirostndus. Elongate, 

 compressed, high and narrow at the base of the first dorsal, and straight 

 from this point to the snout ; caudal section tapering regularly to the 

 slender extremity ; depth more than one sixth of the total length. Head less 

 than one fifth of the total, flattened over the interOrbital region and the snout, 

 angular anteriorly, convex over the opercles. Snout short, moderately broad, 

 as long as the eye, or one and one fourth times the interorbital space, acute 

 as seen from the side, viewed from above blunt with a doubled median and 

 two prenarial prominences. Suborbital ridge prominent, rough, disappearing 

 before reaching a vertical from the hind border of the orbit, forming a nearly 

 straight line on the side from the back of the mouth to the end of the snout. 

 The width across the anteorbital prominences equals that across the pre- 

 narial angles or one and one fourth times the width of the interorbital space. 

 Eye large, one third as long as the head. ]\Ioutli small, maxillary reaching 

 to or beyond a vertical from the middle of the eye. Teeth small, in villi- 



