PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 257 

 Table of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen 



Locality 



Extreme length (exclusive of caudal) 



Length to end of middle caudal rays 



Body : 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head : 



Greatest length.: 



Length of barbel 



Greatest width 



"Width of iuterorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Lenuth of mandible 



Distance from snout to centre of orbit 



Diameter of orbit ' 



Dorsal (first) : 



Distance from snout • 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of second ray 



Length of third ray 



Length of fourth ray 



Length of last ray 



Dorsal (second) : 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (40th) 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray (37th) 



Length of last ray , 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length of first ray 



Length of filaments 



Length of second ray 



Brauchiostegals 



Dorsal , 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line 

 Number of transverse rows below lateral line 



21,840. 



Trawl 174. 



42 miles E. } S., 

 Cape Ann, 140 

 fathoms, Aug. 

 27, 1878. 



Millim. 



242 

 280 



49 



28 

 39 



56 

 6 

 29 

 10 

 15 

 13 

 28 

 32 

 24 

 17 



67 

 17 

 15 



28 

 117 



26 

 3 



142 



15 

 29 

 5 



121 

 108 

 9 

 20 

 6 



38 

 36 



60 

 52 



54 

 96 

 165 

 15 

 VII 

 9-55 

 47 

 5-18-5 

 17 

 3 

 90 

 7 

 28 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



m 



16 

 4 



23 



2| 



*! 



H 



5* 

 ll| 

 13 

 10 



7 



27J 

 7 



H 



m 



48 

 101 

 li 



58 



Gj 

 "i 



2* 



50 

 44 

 4 



ej 



21 

 151 



m 



21* 



22* 



6J 



21,841. 

 Trawl 194. 



21,842. 

 Trawl 194. 



33 miles E. by S.. Cape Ann. E. 

 Pt., 110 fathoms, Aug. 31, 1878. 



Millim. 



143 

 166 



•29 



23 



33 



4 

 lti 



7 



8 

 8 



n 



19 

 14 

 10 



3^ 

 10 



8 



19 , 

 50 

 15 

 15 



lOOths : 



of I Millim. 

 length, j 



65 



23 

 20 



34 



32 



30 

 47 

 81 

 10 

 7 



9-57 

 47 



5-21-5 

 17 



3 



ca. 91 

 7 



28 



128 

 146 



23 



15 



20 

 17 



30 

 29 



23 

 42 

 70 

 8 

 7 



10-56 

 47 



5-21-5 

 18 

 3 



ca. 90 



ca.28 



Haloporphyrua viola, sp. nov. 



Two specimens of an nndescribed species of the genus Haloporphyrus 

 of Giintber were brought in, August 24, by Captain Joseph W. Collins, 

 of the schooner "Marion "of Gloucester; they were taken on a halibut 

 trawl-line on the outer edge of Le Have Bank, at a depth of four or five 

 Proc. Nat. Mus. 78 17 Dec. 17, 1878. 



