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[[underlined]] Enia [[/underlined]] (related, apparently, to [[underlined]] Nemichthys [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Saccopharynx [[/underlined]] ), an eel with some resemblance to [[underlined]] Muraenesox [[/underlined]] , a [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Scopelid [[/underlined]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Gonostoma [[/underlined]] & another [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] related [[/insertion]] [[underlined]] Sternoptychid. [[/underlined]] Besides these novelties, the following new species [[strikethrough]] remain [[/strikethrough]] are in the collection: [[underlined]] Ophichetrys [[/underlined]] sp., [[underlined]] Ophidium [[/underlined]] sp., [[underlined]] Physiculus [[/underlined]] ? two species, [[underlined]] Scorpaena [[/underlined]] sp. & [[underlined]] Scyllium [[/uderlined]] sp. 

This collection has reached the Museum in perfect condition with the exception of some fishes that were injured by the trawl and a few others that seem to defy all [[strikethrough]] precautions [[/strikethrough]] ^[[insertion]] efforts for securing their preservation. A record was kept of the number of individuals of each species taken in the different hauls, with a view to learning something about the relative abundance of species. A series of distribution sheets is completed for all the deep sea forms, taking 50 fathoms as the initial depth: in these sheets appear the number of the haul, position, date, character of bottom, depth in fathoms, proportions of the sexes whenever this could be determined, and ^[[insertion]] the [[/insertion]] number of individuals. Measurements and notes of life colors were obtained for a number of species.

Mr. E. G. Blackford has continued his valuable contributions to the museum, the most noteworthy one during the year being a specimen of [[underlined]] Ocyurus chrysurus [[/underlined]]