. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. FISHKS OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. fi7l margin straight; frill-mi'iiil'i'MMcs rather wiilcly joined acmss throat forniiiitr a wide free liorder postericirly. Profile but little elevated at front of iirst dorsal, the base of whieli is not oblique; seeond dorsal spine broken, the basal i)ortioii bearing S strong distantly placed hooks; longest dorsal ray length of head; seeond dorsal very low throughout; base of first dorsal the interspace between dorsals; anal low, originating under middle of first dorsal; iiect
. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. FISHKS OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. fi7l margin straight; frill-mi'iiil'i'MMcs rather wiilcly joined acmss throat forniiiitr a wide free liorder postericirly. Profile but little elevated at front of iirst dorsal, the base of whieli is not oblique; seeond dorsal spine broken, the basal i)ortioii bearing S strong distantly placed hooks; longest dorsal ray length of head; seeond dorsal very low throughout; base of first dorsal the interspace between dorsals; anal low, originating under middle of first dorsal; iiectoral extending to opposite twelfth anal ray, its length that of head; tips of veiitrals injured, so their length can not be given; anal opening anterior in , it,s distance from inner base of ventrals being its distance from front of anal tin. Sciiles on back and sides of body have all been lost; on jiredorsal region each scale hasaliout 10 slender distinct spines arranged in 1 median and 2 parallel lateral series; the spines of the median series little longer than the others, none of them located on ridges; side and upper part of head, including snout, entirely invested with spinous scales; lower siile of snout and anterior half of sjjace between mouth and infraorl)ital ridge, naked; jiosterior half of supraoral area scaled continuously with the cheek; mandible with a few scales, the others apparently having been lost. (.'olor grayish, darkened by the broad dusky margins of the scales; sides and lower surface of head and abdomen jet-black; mouth blackish; lining of opercles black, the gill-cavity :e light; liningofal)doniinal cavity blackish; barbel whitish; ventral tins black, other tins dusky transluc-ent. But one sjiecimen was procm-ed. Macrourus hebetatus, Fig. 2(32. 2S species. Type, 125 mm. long, from station .3925, off the south coast of Oahu Island, de]itli 2!t!t t fathoms; type, No. 51608, U. S. Nat. Mus. Strongly resembling .1/. Gilb
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