865 
nearly level forward* Gill rakers 0+8 low spinescent tubercles on second 
arch, l/3 of gill filaments, which 3 l/2 in eye. 
Scales 124 to 126 in lateral line; 6 above, 15 or 16 below, 14 
predorsal forward to occiput which about first fourth between hind eye 
edge and first dorsal origin. Soales with 11 or 12 irregular horizontal 
apical rows of spinules, last of which not extended beyond hind edge of 
scale; circuli moderate, not extended apioally* Ventral fossa very large, 
1 1/3 in eye. • 
D. II , 9—105 to 110, second simple ray slender, entire, first 
branched ray 1 3/5 to 2? in head; interdorsal space 3 2/3 to 4; A. 96 to 
110, fin height 3? to 4; pectoral rays I, 16, 
fin 2 l/4 to 2 3/5; ventral rays I, 6, fin 2 2/3 to 3. 
Brown above, sides more or less with silvered tints. Iris gray 
to whitish. Head all more or less paler than body. Chin and branchiosteg- 
al region blackish brown. Inside mouth pale. Inside gill opening blackish. 
Breast and Belly dusky, also dark brown tints high as pectoral base behind 
gill opening. 
U. S. N. M., No. 37333. Lat. 29°7*30^J., long 88°08' 
In 810 fathoms. 1886. 
Albatross Collection (2377). Length 285 mm. Tjfpe of Macrurus caribbaeus. 
7' 30'VK, 
U. S. N. M«, No. 44668. Lat. 29* 7itQ!!fe r long. 88*8*. 
In 210 fathoms, February 11, 1885. 
Albatross Collection (2377). Length 235 to 258 mm. Four paratypes. 
