1063 * 
velvety to touch, little larger on posterior sides of head than on body 
though small and irregularly defined on muzzle. Scales -with about 10 
or more spinules, often well over scale apically; circuli moderate* 
D. II, 7 1 14? (tail broken off), second simple ray terminally 
filamentous and 1 3/5 to 1 2/3 in head; interdorsal space 3 4/5 to 6 2/3; 
A. 103? (to end of broken tail), fin much higher than low second dorsal; 
pectoral rays I, 15 or I, 16, fin 2 to 2 3/4 in head; ventral I, 6, fin 
2 4/5 to 3 in head. 
Nearly uniform brown. Iris dark gray* Under surface of head, 
breast and belly neutral blackish. Inside mouth and gill opening black¬ 
ish. Fins brownish* 
Hawaiian Islands* Appears to differ from Trachonurus villosus 
——■—r tm~nm ■Mrif 
in its little more deeper body, larger eye and mouth, longer barbel, fin 
rays and scales* 
U. S. N. M., No. 51689. Lat. 21*12»N., long. 157“38»30"W., 
Hawaiian Islands* In 375 fathoms. December 6, 1891. Albatross Collec¬ 
tion (D.3474). Length 310 mm. Type. 
U. S. N. M., No. 55257. 
Albatross Station (not given). Length 80 to 175 mm. 6 examples. 
