100 
B. 6; D. 20—21; A. 26—28; P. 1o—11; V. 8; L.1. 62—63; 
Le. str. 185 
Height about 4°/,; head about 3'/,—3%/,. Eyes 5—6, con- 
verging anteriorly and more than their own diameter apart; 
about 1'/, in the length of the obtusely pointed, conical snout. 
The very large pearshaped posterior nostril contiguous to 
anterior orbital margin, close to posterior border of smaller 
anterior nostril. Cleft of the mouth slightly oblique. The rounded 
posterior end of the maxilla reaches just behind the vertical 
through anterior border of eye. Dorsal begins a little in advance 
of anal, its length */, of that of anal, both begin just in advance 
of posterior third of body. Pectorals about equal to postorbital 
part of head, reaching ventrals; the origin of the latter is 
between that of pectorals and anal. Caudal deeply forked, 
with very numerous rudimentary rays at its base. Scales large, 
cycloid, deciduous, least on the lateral line. A row of small 
teeth on intermaxillary, mandibulary and palatines. Gillrakers 
long and lamellar. Pseudobranchiae small. Brown, head and 
paired fins black. Length 300 mm. 
Habitat: Flores sea (521538 m.)!; W. of Sumatra 
(750 m.). — Bay of Bengal (440 m.); Arabian sea (658 m.). 
2. Alepocephalus blanfordi Alc. 
Alepocephalus Blanfordi Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) x, 1892, p. 357. — 
Descr. Cat. Indian Deep-Sea fishes, 1899, p. 171. 
Alepocephalus Blanfordi Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische 1913, p. 10. 
B. 6; Ds 165 Asha ¢ (Pes NO 7a mca Oe 
Height 5'/,; head 3. Eyes about 31/,, half a diameter apart, 
about equal to depressed, obtusely pointed snout. Large nostrils 
close together in front of angle of eye. Mouth-cleft almost 
horizontal, maxilla reaching just beyond anterior border of 
eye. Dorsal and anal, similar in form, equal in extent and 
opposite, lie well within posterior third of body. Ventrals 
almost in middle of body, nearer to anal than to pectorals. 
Caudal deeply forked, with many rudimentary rays at its base. 
Scales thick, deciduous, cycloid. A row of fine teeth in jaws 
and on prominent palatines. Gillrakers broadly lanceolate, 
acute, Pseudobranchiae large. Body grey, head and fins black. 
Length 350 mm. 
Habitat: Flores sea (694 M.)! — Arabian sea (1650 M.). 
