longitudinally. These teeth also form oblique rows running forwards and inwards. The ethmovomerine teeth are now missing; but a few seen originally, agreed with Beebe and Crane's account. All of the teeth are in the form of erect sharp cusps curved posteriorly. Text-FIG.—A, Nemichthys scolopaceus, lateral view head and branchial region. (Broken lines indicate structures missing in our specimen.) B., lateral view of portion of anterior third of body, showing lateral line pores, chromatophores and filamentous dorsal fin-rays. C., portion of middle third of body showing thickened bases of dorsal finrays not yet fully developed as “spines”. Fins. Pectoral rays 10, of which the first ray is very strongly developed. The fourth and fifth rays are the longest, the latter being 8.0 mm. long. The position of the pectoral insertion in our specimen cannot be determined with precision, though it appears to be at the level of the third or fourth dorsal ray. Dorsal rays about 340, though the tip of the caudal filament is missing. From about the 145th ray to the 235th ray, the rays are thickened basally to form curved “spines”, though they are still filamentous distally. Anal rays were not counted because of the missing anterior and posterior portions of the fin. Lateral Lane Pores Pores not easily seen, but are made discernible by brushing Indian ink over the specimen. Arranged in three rows. Dorsal and ventral rows in opposing groups of two pores. Median row of single pores each of which separates consecutive groups of dorsal and ventral pores. Colour (in formalin) Dusky cream, with widely spaced brown to black dendritic chromatophores along upper one-fifth of body, though anteriorly the chromatophores extend to the lateral line, with a few passing on to the occiput Mandible with a few black chromatophores along the middle third of its length. References Trewavas, Ethelwynn, 1932. A contribution to the classification of the eels of the order Apodes, based on the osteology of some rare eels. Proc. Zool Soc., 1032: 639–659. Roule, L. and Bertin, L., 1929. Les poisson Apodes appartenant an sous-ordre des Nemichthydiformes. “Dana” Expd. 1920–1922. Oceanogr. Rep., No 4. Beebe, William and Crane, Jocelyn, 1937. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station No. 70. Deep-sea fishes of the Bermuda oceanographic expeditions. Family Nemichthyidae. Zoologica (N.Y.) XII (27): 349–383.