648 
of gill filaments, which 2 l/6 to 3 in eye. 
Scales 150 to 162 in lateral line; 8 or 9 above, 19 to 23 
below, 33 to 42 predorsal of which 18 to 24 extend forward opposite 
hind edge of orbit. Scales with 18 to 28 irregular horizontal rows of 
fliiid 
long slender parallel spinules apically, last extending well beyond 
scale edge; clrculi fine, not extended apically. 
* < 
D. II, 11 _ 123 to 140?, second ray slender, pungent, with 
row of antrorse serrae along front edge* length 1 to 1 l/2 in head; 
interdorsal space 1 2/3 to 1 3/4; A* 120 to 130* fin height 4 to 5j 
pectoral rays l, 14 or I* 15* fin 1 2/5 to 1 7/8 in head; ventral 
ys ~ a. 
mamui, 6, fin i 2/3 to 2 2 / 5 * 
Largely uniform dark brownish# Iris pale brown# Inside mouth 
pale# Inside gill opening blackish brown# Lower or under surface of 
head about branchiostegals blackish brown# Fins brownish to dus^y# 
Off eastern North America in Gulf Stream# In this very abundant 
. , t . .... * 
species many specimens have the scales firmly adherent, even after 
long preservation in alcohol. Their coloration is quite uniform and 
with little contrast, often the breast and belly scarcely darker. 
TJ. S. N. M, , No. 2428. 
Length 700 mm. 
U. S. N. M., No. 21014. 
North Atlantic. 
U. S. Fish Comm. Length mm. Type of Maorourus bairdii. 
