Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



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Figure 121. HyJrolagus affinis. ^and B Side and ventral views of female, 973 mm long to upper origin of caudal 

 fin, Banquereau Bank (Harv. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. 818). C Side view of head of same to show mucous canals, 

 about 0.25 X . D Upper dental plates (above) and lower dental plates (below) of same, about 0.8 X . E Mucous 

 canals above and below eye of male, about 797 mm long, from same locality (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 38201), 

 about 0.2; X. F Ventral view of prepelvic tenaculum, clasper, and ventral fin of same, about 0.4 X. G Dorsal 

 view of clasper. H Prepelvic tenaculum of same with anterior end to the left, about 0.8 x. 



of mouth, when closed, a little greater than length of eye (about i.i times). Tongue 

 with many low papillae. 



Anterior upper (vomerine) dental plates strongly cupped front to rear, anterior 

 contour concave, conspicuously scalloped, with 7—8 radial ridges. Posterior upper 



