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5215, at which the type was also dredged ; the third at station 5531, 

 between Cebu and Siquijor, in 333 fathoms, and at a bottom tem- 

 perature of 53.3° F. 



Fin-rays — first dorsal, II, 10 (or 9) ; pectoral, 22 (20 or 21) ; 

 ventrals, 8. 



The body is deep and strongly compressed, the width over the 

 pectoral bases being somewhat less than half the greatest depth 

 (two-fifths depth in a paratype) ; greatest depth, 1.3 (to 1.15) in 

 head; depth over anus, 1.5 (to 1.3) in head; depth, at a distance 

 behind the head equal to twice its length, 1.7 (to 1.3) in head; at 

 that point the width of the body is contained 4.8 (to 4.3) times in 

 its depth. The dorsal edge of the tail is rounded, but the ventral 



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Fig. 6. — Coryfhaexoides semiscaber. Tite. 



edge is sharp. The dorsal contour is a little concave above the 

 eyes, but slightly convex behind the occiput, oblique along the first 

 dorsal base, and thence horizontal along the anterior half of the 

 second dorsal. The ventral contour is a gentle curve from the 

 mouth to the end of the second third of the total length, behind 

 which the two contours converge to the end of the slender tail. 

 The snout projects only moderately beyond the mouth, the preoral 

 projection being about equal to the suborbital width, and less than the 

 distance between the tip of snout and the front of the premaxillark's. 

 The head is about half as wide as long; the width of the snout, 

 across the suborbital ridges at the front of the orbits is contained 

 2.6 (to 2.8) times in the length of head; the distance between thp 

 lateral tubercles is equal to the length of the orbit (0.9 orbit in a 

 paratype). The supranarial ridges are rather strongly arched in- 



