22 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Table I. — Catalogue of specimens in National Museum, 



•a a 



21000 



21001 

 21005 

 21017 



21019 

 21032 

 21047 

 21056 

 21057 

 21058 



21059 

 21060 

 21061 

 21062 

 21063 



10068 

 17355 

 12685 



-a 

 s s 

 5 « 



13 



Locality. 



Massachusetts Bay, off Salem.. 



La Have Bank 



Halifax 



27 miles south by west from Che- 



bucto Head. 



Halifax 



do 



Halifax (trawl 113 and 114) 



Massachusetts Bay 



do 



Massachusetts Bay (trawl 32, 90 



fathoms). 



Halifax (trawl 54) 



Halifax (trawl 44) 



27 miles off Chebacto (trawl 85).. 

 Halifax (trawl 106, 111 fathoms) . . 

 Bedford Basin (trawl 111, 37 



fathoms). 



Eur ipe 



Christiania, Norway 



Eastport, Me 



When col- 

 lected. 



Aug. — , 1877 



do 



do 



Sept. 6,1877 



Sept. 4,1877 

 Sept. 11, 1877 

 Sep!. 24,1877 

 Aug. 6,1877 



do 



Aug. 14, 1877 



Aug. 25, 1877 

 Aug. 21, 1877 

 Sept. 6,1877 

 Sept. 20, 1877 

 Sept. 21, 1877 



Aug. — , 1872 



From whom received. 



United States Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



do 



do 



do 



..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 



do .... 



do .... 



do .... 



.....do .... 

 do .... 



Bonaparte Collection 



Norwegian Government . . . 

 United States Fish Coinmis- 



S 



8.S 



S3 O 



Young. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Table II. — Measurements. 



21,000 a 



Massachu- 

 setts Bay. 



21000 b 



Massachu- 

 setts Bay. 



21,000 c 



Massachu- 

 setts Bay. 



12,685 

 Eastport. 



21,001 a 



La Have 

 Bank. 



lOOths. 



lOOths. 



lOOths. 



lOOths. 



lOOths. 



17. 25 

 0. 34 



19 



0.325 



23 

 0. 34 



9.5 



0. 30 

 0. 06 



0. 05 

 0.035 

 0. 05 

 0.05 



0.16 

 0. 10 



0. 17 

 0. 06 

 0. 065 

 107 



96 



12 

 6 



128 

 118 



9.9 

 0. 307 



0.155 



0. 15 



0.165 



0.16 













































0. 051 

 0. 057 

 110 



93 



11 

 6 



138 

 133 



0. 055 

 0. 057 

 110 



91 



13 

 6 



136 

 134 



0.052 

 0. 065 

 101 



87 



11 



a 



113 

 117 





112 

 90 

 12 

 6 



150 

 140 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality < 



Extreme length, in inches.. 

 Body: 



Greatest height 



Least height of tail 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Length of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Diameter of orbit 



Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length (blind side) 



(eye side) 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pector -1 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral 



line (blind side) 



(eye side) 



10,068 



Europe, 

 Bonaparte 

 Coll. 



17,355 



Christiania 

 Swedish 

 Coll. 



lOOths. lOOths. 



15.75 



0.315 

 0.07 



0.15 

 0. 035 

 0. 05 

 0. 05 



0. 16 

 0. 09 



(0. 19) 

 0. 05 

 0. 056 

 112 



99 



11 

 6 



117 

 115 



15.15 



0. 33 

 0. 07 



0. 156 

 0. 0375 

 0. 05 

 0. 05 



0.16 

 0. 105 



0. 

 0. 

 0. 

 103 

 87 

 11 

 6 



114 

 116 



18 



056 

 062 



