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Figure 28. Alofias vulfinus. A Dermal denticles of specimen pictured in Fig. 27, about 50 x. 5 Apical view 

 of dermal denticle, about lOO x. C Teeth of a 13-foot Woods Hole, Massachusetts, specimen (Harv, Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., No. 36089), about natural size. D Second upper tooth of same. E Third upper tooth. F Fifth 

 upper tooth. G Fifteenth upper tooth. H Second lower tooth. / Sixth lower tooth. / Fifteenth lower tooth. 

 D-J, about 2 X. 



Eye: horizontal diameter 1,5, 1.2. 

 Mouth: breadth 4.4, 3.75 height 3.1, 2.1. 

 Nostrils: distance between inner ends 1.4, 1.2. 



Labial furrow length: upper part, 1.7, j lower 0.8, 0.6. 



Gill of ening lengths : ist 2.0, 1.7; 2nd 2.1, 1.9J 3rd 2.1, 2.0; 4th 1.9, 1.9; 5th 



1.8,1.9. 



First dorsal fin: vertical height 6.6, 6.9; length of base S-(>i 6.4. 



Second dorsal fin: vertical height 0.6, 0.4; length of base 0.7, 0.8. 



Anal fin: vertical height 0.8,0.7; length of base 0.7, 0.9. 



Caudal fin: upper margin 53.O, 53.9; lower anterior margin 5.7, 6.7. 



Pectoral fin: outer margin 15.1, 15.8; inner margin 3.3, 2.3; distal margin 11.5, 



14.4. 



Distance frotn snout to : ist dorsal 22.5, 21.3 ; 2nd dorsal 39.8, 40.5; upper caudal 



47.0,46.0; pectoral 14.0, 13.2; pelvics32.i, 31.4; anal 40.7, 42.6. 



Interspace between: ist and 2nd dorsals 12.2, 12.6; 2nd dorsal and caudal 6.1, 



5.0; anal and caudal 2.7, 2.2. 



Distance from origin to origin of: pectoral and pelvics 1 8.7, 18.5; pelvics and anal 



9.1,11.2. 



