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arch; gill rakers ruiuute. Snl)oi)ercular spiue flat, long, extending- 

 laterally and armed at tip with 2 to 5 small spinelets. Pectorals about 

 4.J ill length of body, the rays very close-set; ventrals about 7 and 

 caudal G iu length of body. Vertical fins weak. 



Color {in alcohol). — Body and all the fins pale, yellowish. Peritoneum 

 dusky. 



Length, 3 inches. 



Stations 34G7, 3472, and 3476; 310, 295, aud 208 fathoms, respectively. 



Type.— 1^0. 47700, U.S.N.M. 



