762 . 
D. II, 10—97, second - ciiirpte ray elonder, its front edge minutely 
spinescent, length 1 l/8 in head; interdorsal space 3 1/3; A. 98, fin 
height 4 1/3?; pectoral rays I, 20, fin 1 7/8 in head; ventral rays I_, 
10, fin 1 l/8 times head, first branched ray 2 2/3 in filament. 
Dark blackish brown, where scales have fallen scale edges all 
darker to blackish. Iris dark or dusky. Mouth brown inside, lips 
scarcely lighter than surrounding lov, r er surface of head. Inside gill 
opening gray or livid gray blue to dusky. Fins more or less dark, first 
dorsal and paired fins nearly blackish. 
Hawaiian Islands. 
U. S. N. M., No. 51592. 
Albatross Collection (D.27P3j. 
Length 590 mm. Type of Macrourus longicirrhus. 
