Goode and Bean—Two new species of Fishes. 471 
rating Macrurus from the other genera is the joining of the 
ridge of the suborbital ring to the angle of the props ae 
as in Scorpenide and Cottid. This character does not hold 
good in the species here under consideration, which in all other 
respects agrees with Macrurus, as aint n Giinther’s Cata- 
The closest affinities of Macrurus Bairdié are with MZ. sclerorhyn- 
chus, described by Valenciennes from the Canary Islands. Its 
relations to this species and to the other representatives of the 
amily in North America are if sitet in the following table : 
she Macrurus | Coryphenoides ? 
Macrurus Bairdii. scerorhynchus. rupestris, norvegicus. 
Snout. Sharp, conical,| Sharp, trihedral,| Sharp, trian-| Obtuse, ob- 
ota ate, shorterjshorter than eye,|gular, as long asjliquely truncat- 
neye, ‘less than| which is two fifths|eye. ed. 
one-third of head.|of head. 
First Dorsal.| Second spine| Second spine} First spine} First spin 
denticulated from|denticulated, ex-|denticulated on-|denticulated an- 
ase to tip, notex-|tending far be-ly towards thelteriorly. 
tending to origin bre htiacrd of sec-|top.. 
of second dorsal. jond dorsal. 
Vent. Under middle Bekin d vertical} Behindvertical| Before etd 
of first dorsal. ed _ ny offrom origin ofjfrom origin of 
first second dorsal. jsecond dorsal. 
Scales. Spiny. Median aay Median} Each with a} Spiny, without 
ro of spinesrow of spines strong longitud-|keel. 
keel inal i 
w 
forming keel upon forming 5 inal keel termi- 
scales of head and nating in a point. 
upper anterior 
Transverse por tion of body. 4 
rows of scales|) 6+19 or 20. 5+21 or 23. 5+ -4or54+. 
Radial | D111. 137. | IL. 9or11. 87.| 11.124. 1l+. 
formule. A. 120, %2. 148, ; 
7, 8 > 
Macrurus Bairdii, sp. nov. 
Extreme ty Se of ppeemen described,* 0-296 m. (117 
inches). Body tapering from first dorsal to tip 6f tail, much 
mpressed posteriorly, its greatest. bright over origin of pec- 
Bah fs (0-087 m.) contained eight times in length; its greatest 
width at same point (0022 m.), conmbat "3 times in length. 
Pl irregularly polygonal, the free portions covered with 
ransparent, vitreous ARNO aan ged in from ten to twelve 
prominent and presents the Lineaehee a a low median keel. 
eral line nearly straight, formed by a smooth groove 
which replaces two or three median rows of spines of each 
* Cat. No. U. 8S. National Museum, 21,014. 
