S.K. 336. 



S.R. 497. 



S.R. 593 



cm. 



cm. 



cm. 



47-0 + a; 



43-3 



7'7 + a; 



S-7 



7-4 



1-3 



2-0 



1-75 



•4 



2-3 



2-15 



■48 



10-5 



9-0 



1-5 



12-7 



12-0 



2-0 



1-2 



1-05 



■45 



1-45 



1-25 



■85 



1-6 



1-4 



■35 



2-1 



2-2 



•55 



5-0 



4-4 



■6 



S-2 



6-5 



1-2 



5-1 



3-6 



■75 



2-3 



2-2 



■52 



7-0 



6-0 



■7 



6-3 



4-9 + a; 



■95 



9-8 



8-1 



■85 



8-4 



7-7 



1^0 



2-1 



2-2 



— 



Farran — -Seventh Report on the Fishes of the Irish Atlantic Slope. 105 

 The following measurements have been taken from the Jlclr/a specimens : — 



Total length, ... 



Jjcngtli of headj 



Length of snout, 



Snout to eye. 



Snout to 1st dorsal fin, 



Snout to vent, ... 



Snout to fi-ont of mouth, 



Eye, horizontal diameter. 



Eye, vertical diameter, ... 



Inter-orbital space, 



Eye to hind edge of operculum, 



Height of body at 1st dorsal, 



Width of head, ... 



Base of 1st dorsal. 



Interval between 1st and 2nd dorsal. 



Length of spine of 1st dorsal, 



Length of elongate ray of ventral. 



Isthmus to vent. 



Length of barbel, 



■' General Distribution. — The Challcnfjcr specimens were taken off' New 

 ■Zealand in 1,100 fathoms. The Blicluiel Sars specimens were taken off 

 Gibraltar in 1,258 fathoms, and off the S.-W. coast of Ireland in 983 

 fathoms. The three Helga specimens also came from the S.-W. coast of 

 Ireland between 670 and 795 fathoms. From these few records we may 

 infer that 31. ]\htrrayi is widely distributed at the foot of the continental 

 slope, where uniform conditions prevail over wide areas. 



Irish Distribution. — Only three specimens, all captured by the Helga, are 

 known from off the Irish coast from the following stations : — 



S.E. 336.— 12 V '06—51° 19' N., 12" 21' W., 673-720 fathoms. Trawl- 

 one, 48 cm. 



S.E. 497.-10 ix '07—51° 02' N., 11°36'W., 775-795 fathoms, ooz 

 Trawl — one, 44 cna. 



S.R. 593.-6 viii '08— 50° 31' N., ir3rW., 670-770 fathoms, ooze 

 Temp, at 650 fathoms 7-75"C. Trawl— one, 7-7 cm. 



Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus (Eisso). 



Lepidoleprits coclorJiynchus, Eisso (1810). 

 Macrurits coelorhynchus, Bonaparte (1832). 



llacrurus coelorhynchus; Giinther (1887), Vaillant (1888), Giinther (1889), 

 -Bourne (1890), Scharff (1890), Holt (1892), Holt and Calderwood (1895), 



