Poromitra capito, Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883

Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5), pp. 183-226 : 215

34. Poromitra capito , new species.

The height of the body is two sevenths of its length to base of caudal rays; its width about one half its height. Scales as large as the pupil, with concentric striae, about twenty-four in the lateral line, and about ten in the transverse series.

Head about two fifths of standard length, somewhat resembling in appearance that of Alepoceplialus Bairdii . The eye is large, circular, located normally. The length of the upper jaw is three sevenths that of the head; that of the lower jaw about one half. The end of the maxillary is nearly in the perpendicular from the posterior limb of the pupil. The length of the snout is about equal to the least diameter of the eye. The distance from the limb of the preoperculum to the end of the opercular flap is equal to that from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the orbit. Teeth as described in generic diagnosis. Dorsal tin inserted midway between tip of snout and origin of middle caudal rays. The fin is mutilated and its outline cannot be determined; it is composed of seven or eight spines and six soft rays, and the length of its base is nearly equal to the height of the body at its insertion.

The anal fin is inserted in the perpendicular from the base of the eighth dorsal ray. It is composed of nine rays, and the length of its base is half that of the dorsal base.

The pectoral is inserted far below the axis of the body, and with a single scale between its axil and the branchial opening. Its length is twice the distance of its insertion from the snout.

The ventral is minute (apparently, and is inserted in advance of the pectoral); it has apparently seven or eight rays.

The caudal is mutilated, but apparently composed of fifteen rays.

Radial formula: D. VII or VIII, 6; A. 9; V. 7 or 8; P. 12; C. 15.

Two examples were secured, - one from an unknown locality. The list follows.