873 
? Krohnius filamentosus Cocco , Intorn. Peso. Messina (Letters A* Cocoo A* 
' 
r • ; jg • 
Krohn), p. 15, 144, 1844 (type locality t Messina, Italy)* - -Emery, 
Atti Soc* Ital* Soi* Nat*, vol. 21, p* 37. 
Depth 6 l/2 to 6 2/3 j head 4 2/3 to 4 3/4, width 1 7/8 to 8. 
Snout eye 2 3/5 to 2 3/4 in head; eye 3 2/5 to 4 2/3, 1 l/4 to 1 7/8 in 
snout, 1 l/4 times interorbital to 1 l/4 in interorbital with agej orbit 
3 to 3 2/5 in head, 1 to 1 l/4 in snout, 1 l/4 to 1 l/2 times interorbital; 
preoral length 2 2/5 to 3 l/2 in head; mandibular barbel 3 l/2 to 3 3/5 in 
orbit; teeth minute, in villiform bands in jaws, 4 or 5 irregular rows 
transversely; interorbital 4 l/5 to 4 l/4 in head, low, slightly convex* 
Gill rakers 0+8, low spinuliferous tubercles on second arch, l/2 of gill 
5 
filaments, which l/3 of eye* 
Scales 110 in lateral line; 7 above, 14 below, 14 predorsal 
forward till opposite hind edge of orbit* Soales with 12 or 13 apical 
parallel spinuliferous keels, last spinules extending behind scale edge; 
cirouli moderate, complete* 
D. II, 7 or II, 8_J62 to 90, second simple ray slender, entire, 
length 1 2/3 to 1 3/4 in head; interdorsal space 2 l/3 to 2 2/3; A. 70 to 
90, fin height 3 l/2 to 4 l/5; pectoral rays I, 19, fin 2 to 2 l/lO in 
. 
head; ventral £, 6, fin 2 l/5 to 2 2/3* 
Brown, becoming paler on under surface of head and abdomen, 
though latter underneath and breast tinged with neutral gray* Iris gray* 
Inside mouth pale. Inside gill opening livid slate* Fins brown, though 
anal whitish, sprinkled with dusky dots terminally* 
Eastern Atlantio, Mediterranean. 
