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Schedophilopsis * spinosus , Steindachn. loc. cit . lxxxiii, p. 396, 
1881. 
B. vi. D. 52-55. A. 37-40. V. 1/4. L. lat. 110-120. 
Length of head 5*00 (4*25 without caudal), height of body 3*50 
in the total length. Eye small, its diameter G'Oq - 7 '00 in the 
length of the head, 1*66 — 1*85 in the length of the snout, and 
2’20-2*50 in the convex interorbital space. Jaws equal : cleft 
of mouth of moderate width, the maxilla reaching to beneath the 
middle of the eye : nostrils small, simple, approximate, situated 
nearer to the end of the snout than to the orbit. Preopercle 
with several small spinous processes on the margin. Body elongate- 
ovoid, much compressed ; the upper proiile rises abruptly from 
the interorbital space, and describes a gentle curve to the end of 
the dorsal fin. Teeth in the jaws in a single series, minute, those 
in the lower jaw rather the larger. The dorsal tin commences 
opposite to the base of the pectoral, and terminates on the same 
plane as the anal ; the anterior rays are short and unbranched ; 
the rays gradually increase in height posteriorly, and the longest, 
which are close to the end of the fin, reach nearly to the base of 
the caudal : the anal commences opposite to the twenty fourth 
to twenty seventh dorsal rays, and is similar in shape to the 
posterior half of the dorsal fin : ventral small and narrow, in- 
serted a little behind the base of the pectoral, the second ray the 
longest, its length three sevenths of the distance between its 
origin and the vent, and four elevenths of that of the head :f 
pectoral broad, rounded, the middle rays the longest, equal to the 
postorbital portion of the head : caudal rounded, the least height 
of the peduncle less than its length, and about 5*50 in the height 
of the body. Scales absent. Lateral line gently curved above 
the anterior rays of the anal, thence straight, clothed along its 
entire length with groups of minute spines : all the fin rays with 
similar spines. 
Colors . — Light yellowish brown, pellucid below the dorsal and 
above the anal fins : upper half of head and body ornamented 
with large blackish spots, irregular in shape, and smallest on the 
head and neck ; they form a series along the base of the vertical 
fins, which are similarly spotted. 
Halitat . — Pacific coast of the United States, in deep water. 
Length up to twelve inches. 
# From Schedophilus, and o\pis, appearance. 
f In the Challenger figure. 
