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Dorsal of very slender rays. Caudal absent. Pectoral deeply 

 notched; the two lobes connected by short, delicate rays; the upper 

 edge of the pectoral on a level with the lower margin of the eye; the 

 lower lobe mutilated, of about six delicate, elongate rays. Vent far 

 forward; tip of mandible to vent 1.5 in the head. 



Color of flesh pale, black dotted ; mouth, gill cavity and peritoneum 

 black; stomach pale. 



Synopsis.— Dorsal 64; anal 59; pectoral 33; pyloric coeca 13-18. 

 Depth 5.7 in the length without the caudal; head 4.8. Eye 3.7 in the 

 head; gill slit 4; lower lobe of the pectoral fin 1.5. Body elongate, 

 attenuate posteriorly. Teeth stout, weakly trilobed. Gill slit 

 extending down in front of four pectoral rays. Pectoral fin deeply 

 notched, not divided to the base. Body pale, probably pinkish in 





FiGURE 82. — Pakaltparis dactylosus. Teeth from type 



life; mouth, gill cavity, peritoneum, and the vertical fins posteriorly 

 black. Four specimens, reaching the length of 93 mm. or more. 



Remarks. — The specimen from Bering Sea, the characteristics of 

 which are given below, apparently differs in no essential respect from 

 the type, though a close comparison between the two specimens has 

 not been made. 



Note on a specimen from Station 4781, Bering Sea. Dorsal 64; 

 anal 59; caudal 6; pectoral 34; pyloric coeca 18, one-half the eye. 

 Depth 5.7 in length without caudal; head 4.8. Eye 3.7 in head; 

 lower lobe of pectoral 1.5; caudal 2.7; gill sht 4; tip of mandible to 

 vent 2.7. 



Teeth weakh' trilobed, in narrow bands; eight oblique rows in the 

 half of each jaw. Gill slit extending down in front of four pectoral rays. 

 Upper edge of pectoral on a level with lower margin of orbit; the 

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