SOUTHERN CHIMJERA. 369 



sembling the first, but without the spine : the third 

 very shallow, and continued into a thread, as in 

 the former species, but of less extent : pectoral fins 

 large : ventral middle-sized ; anal small : lateral 

 - line commencing from the upper sides of the head, 

 and thence continued, in a strait direction, to the 

 beginning of the caudal fin, at which place it ter- 

 minates : general colour of the whole fish silvery, 

 with a yellowish-brown cast on the upper parts : 

 fins pale brown. Native of the Southern seas, 

 where its manner of life is similar to that of the 

 C. horealis in the Northern Hemisphere. 



