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D. JQ, 8 or II , 9 - 132, second simple ray elongate and 
filamentous, 3 l/5 in total length of fish; A. 110, rays all much shorter 
than second dorsal; pseudocaudal (broken) long as eye; pectoral rays I, 12, 
uppermost long and filamentous, at least 2 4/5 in total length of fish; 
■ventral rays8, first long and filamentous or 3 in total length of fish. 
Pale brown, nearly uniform. Iris grayish. Inside mouth and gill 
opening blackish. Belly grayish. 
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico. My material quite agrees with 
yaillant's figure, though it does not show any scales on the head. Vaillant 
gives scales 135 in lateral series, 7 above, 18 below, 
u. S. Iv. M., no. 37338. Lat. 28° N., long. 87° w. 
ff_ xi:iai: ' ros3 Collection . Type 233 mm, paratype 225 mm. 
IT. S. N. M., no. 42114. 
Paris Museum (46 + 480). 
U. S. N. M., no. 47411. 
Mexico, In 724 fathoms. 
Length 243 mm. 
U. S. 11. M., no. 47627. 
In 476 fathoms. 
Length 262 mm. As Hymenocephalus longifilis. 
Lat. 28° 47' 30" N., long. 87° 27* W., Gulf of 
March 13, 1885. Albatross Collection (D.2392). 
Martinique. 
Blake Collection (D. LXXXV111). Length 217 mm. One Example. As 
Bathygadus arcuatus. Gill rakers 6 + 27. 
