. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. FI-^HKS OF HAWAIIAiV ISLANDS. (i9S> vorlically im-iHcil in its lower fourtli; nostrils clost'Iy coiitiKiioiis, the anterior in ii sliort Inlie, (he posterior soniewliat larf^er, with a sli^'htly raised rim, which is elevated di Inrni a short flap posteriorly; preinaxillary teeth in a very narrow hand, whieh tapers laterally to a puint, and is confineil to anterior threi'-fiflhs of l)oiie; inandiladar hand also very narrow, of not more than 1' irres;nlar series mesially, wideninj; a little laterally and almost reac
. The deep-sea fishes [of the Hawaiian Islands]. Albatross (Steamer); Fishes. FI-^HKS OF HAWAIIAiV ISLANDS. (i9S> vorlically im-iHcil in its lower fourtli; nostrils clost'Iy coiitiKiioiis, the anterior in ii sliort Inlie, (he posterior soniewliat larf^er, with a sli^'htly raised rim, which is elevated di Inrni a short flap posteriorly; preinaxillary teeth in a very narrow hand, whieh tapers laterally to a puint, and is confineil to anterior threi'-fiflhs of l)oiie; inandiladar hand also very narrow, of not more than 1' irres;nlar series mesially, wideninj; a little laterally and almost reachini; hneral antrle; xcimer. palatines, and tori<_'iie withont teetli; anterior t;ill-areh without filaments. Bones tirmeranil intefjutnents tlueker than in I), rnilliriiiiis: np{)er surface of head, trunk, and tail thickly with sharp s|)ines of nearly uniform size, which arise each from a conical hase hearing 4 to ti, usually .'), strong radiatiii}; ridges, which give a strikingly stellate appearance viewed fmm ahove; spines simple, except on margins of disk and along side of (ail, when' they are variously divided, and bear from 2 to Ti [loints; on ilnrsal surface of tail mostly hitid, with une point much longer than the others; preopercular s])ines directed outwanl and only slightly lia^^' .%i||^ m&^,. Fk;. "270.—IHInuiuhus t:liHutaftis (iilljt-rl, new spccit".. 'fypf. smaller; dorsal surface of tail with a few very small spinous tubercles, which also form series on caudal rays; iris surromided by a ring of small spines, a mnnbcr of scattereil uncs outside this ring. Lateral line miming in a shallow groove; each pajiilla is inelo.«ed between 2 (laps, with narrow and fimbriate margins, the flaps flanked by a ]iair of spines; 3 pai)ill;e of the mandibular series, as in 1). /•riithritiiix, placed on anterior margin of groove opposite interval between lirst and second, fourth and fifth, and bc^tween fifth and sixth papilla' of
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