Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



503 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of total length. Female, 531 mm., 

 from Nice, France (Harv. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 948). Female, 1,470 mm., from 

 Georges Bank (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., No. 14056). 



Trunk at origin of pectoral: breadth 1 1.3, 1 1.7; height 10.9, 9.0. 



Snout length in front of: outer nostrils i.i, 0.6; mouth 5.4, 4.6. 



Eye: horizontal diameter 3.9, 2.1. 



Mouth: breadth 4.5, 5.0; height 0.8, 1.3. 



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Figure 97. Dalatias licha, female (dried skin), about 1,080 mm. long, from Europe (Harv. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., No. 664). A Left-hand lower teeth, viewed from without. B Dentition of right-hand lower teeth 

 viewed from within the mouth to show the one series of teeth in function, with five replacement series still 

 occupying the reversed position with their points directed downward and inward, about 2.3 x natural size. 



