PIETSCH and VAN DUZER: SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANGLERFISHES 



Figure 17. — Anterior view of Melanocetus johnsoni, LACM 

 31484-1, 85 mm SL. Drawn by Elizabeth Anne Hoxie. 



or to pectoral lobe; all four epibranchials closely 

 bound together by connective tissue; anterior half 

 of ceratobranchial I bound to medial surface of 

 ceratohyal by connective tissue, posterior half 

 free; gill filaments present on anteriormost tip of 

 ceratobranchial I and full length of cerato- 

 branchials II through IV; pseudobranch absent; no 

 opening behind fourth gill arch; ovaries paired; 

 pyloric caeca absent. 



Illicial length 23.1-60.8^f SL; anteriormost tip 

 of pterygiophore of illicium exposed, emerging on 

 snout between eyes, its posterior end concealed 

 under skin; escal bulb simple, usually with a 

 rounded or conical, distal prolongation, and often 

 with posterior and anterior crests; elongate ap- 

 pendages and filaments absent. 



Jaw teeth slender, recurved, and depressible, 

 some slightly hooked distally, those in lower jaw 

 less numerous, but slightly longer than those in 

 upper jaw; number of teeth in lower jaw 32-142, in 

 upper jaw 29-178; longest tooth in lower jaw 6.9- 



FlGURE 18.— Holotype of Melanocetus eustalus, LACM 30037- 

 12, 111 mm SL, anterior view. Drawn by Elizabeth Anne Hoxie. 



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