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The pectoral fins are small and acutely pointed. 

 The vertical fins are little developed; the dorsal fin 

 has its origin near the hinder end of the body. The 

 caudal fin is short and rounded. 



The vent is situated in front of the middle of 

 the body. The alimentary canal has not a straight 

 course; at fairly equal distances it is incised, causing 

 the fore part ,of the body's under profile to appear 

 wavy. 



Above each of these incisions in the alimentary 

 canal there is a line of very minute pigmentary spots. 

 These are found also in the majority of the myocom- 

 mata beneath the lateral line, forming 'to the naked eye 

 unbroken dark lines of differing length and fineness. 



Of this characteristic . species, which apparently 

 closely resembles L. Kefersteinii Katjp, the collection 

 is in possession of only one representative, captured 

 by Captain > Egkman off the coast, of Georgia in Lat. 29° 

 N. and Long. 72° W., in the month of Nov. 1890. 

 That specimen has the following dimensions: 



Length of body 88 mm. 



Greatest height of body 6 „ 



Distance from extremity of snout to dor- 

 sal fin . . . 83 „ 



Distance from extremity of snout to vent 35 „ 



Length of head ..... 4 



Distance from extremity of snout to eye's 



anterior margin u 



Eye's diameter .'...' 1 



