extremity. The cleft of the mouth is almost horizon- 

 tal, reaching back to behind the middle of- the eye's 

 lower margin. The jaws are of the same length; the 

 mandible has a slightly convex lower profile and lacks 

 the prominent angle. Teeth in both jaws. 



The pectoral fins are of moderate size, obtuse. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are low ; the dorsal com- 

 mences a little in advance of the vent; the caudal 

 fin is rounded. 



The vent is situated in the middle of the body. 



There is a broken line of minute pigmentary 

 spots along the sides of the body, near the lower 

 margin ; also a row along the back as far as the 

 origin of the dorsal fin, but they are not so close 

 together, are larger and with unequal intervals. A row 

 of very minute closely packed spots runs the length of 

 the bases of the dorsal, caudal and anal fins. Finally 

 beneath the lateral line in most of the myocommata 

 there are series of minute pigmentary spots, unequal 

 in length but all of the same fineness. 



The collection contaius of this species only one 

 specimen, procured by Captain Eckman in Nov. 1892 

 off the coast of Georgia (Lai. 29° N. Long. 72° W.J 

 — the same locality as for L. undulalus. Its mea- 

 surements are herewith given : 



Length of body 70 mm. 



Greatest height of body 7 „ 



Distance from extremity of snout to dor- 

 sal fin . . 30 „ 



Distance from extremity of snout to vent 35 „ 



Length of head 3 „ 



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