STOMIAS COLUBRINUS. 



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Caudal pointed; D. 19; A. 21; 1'. sliort, V. long elonrjaius. 



« " D. 18; A. 18; P. & V. elongutc ; LI. 88 gracilis. 



« " D. 18; A. 19; P. short, A^ elongate ; LI. 72 hoa. 



" rounded; D. 17 ; A. 21 ; P. & V. not long ferox. 



" concave; D. 17; A. 21; P. short, V. long nebulostts. 



"• " D. 17; A. 20; P. uiedinni, V. long affinis. 



" forked; D. 9 ; A. 13 ; P. & V. small hwhulm. 



" " D. 15; A. 19; P. & V. short atrwcnter. 



« '' D. 19; A. 23; P. short, V. longer; LI. G7 hcMujonatua. 



" " D. 18; A. 21 ; P. & V. medium coluhiinus. 



Stomias colubrinus sp. n. 

 Plate LVII.fiij. 1. 



Br. r. 18; D. 18; A. 21; V. 5; P. 6. 



Body long, slender, compressed, abdominal chamber extending far behind 

 the middle of the total length, depth about one eleventh of the length from 

 snout to end of caudal. Head short, nearly one eighth of the entire length, 

 chin long, forehead short. Snout little longer than the orbit. Mouth very 

 wide; lower jaws prominent, curving up forward, little shorter than the 

 head. Teeth slender, pointed, some of those on the jaws depressible ; each 

 intermaxillary with five teeth, of which the first and third are smallest and 

 the second largest; maxillary denticulate where forming tlie edge of the 

 mouth ; lower jaw with ten to twelve teeth of -which the anterior three are 

 smallest and the second three largest, denticulate backward of the twelve. 

 A large hooked fang at each side of tlie vomer and directly backward from 

 each of these a similar fang on the forward end of each palatine. Tongue 

 rudimentary, toothless. Eye little less than one sixth as long as the head, 

 two thirds of the length of the snout, length four fifths of the interorbital 

 width. Four gills; no pseudobranchice ; gill openings very wide ; gill mem- 

 Lranes not united, free from the isthmus. Opercles membranous. Hyoid 

 barbel slender, hardly as long as the head, with a luminous bulb three 

 fourths of the length from the chin, extending beyond the bulb in a couple 

 of filaments or tentacles. 



Dorsal origin about one length of the head forward of the caudal, above 

 the third ray of the anal fin, last ray above the eighteenth ray of the anal. 

 Caudal forked, lower lobe much stronger, five short rays above the base and 



