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2. Aleposomus nudus Brauer. 
Aleposomus nudus Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 1906, p. 22. 
Fig. 36. Aleposomus nudus Brauer (after Brauer). 
1B Dyan lea nae ea aah iy Ae il ey ala Gt 6S 
Height 4*/,, head 3, eye 3*/, to rather more than 4, somewhat 
more than interorbital space, equal to snout. Gape of mouth 
nearly reaches the vertical through posterior margin of eye. 
Small teeth on intermaxilla, maxilla and mandible. Origin of 
dorsal in the vertical through anus, somewhat before anal, in 
the beginning of last '/, of body. Ventrals somewhat behind 
middle of body. Lateral line very inconspicuous, its openings 
on the top of slender tubes, no scales. On head and belly 
small papilliform nodules, irregularly arranged. Velvety black 
with a bluish hue. Length 125 mm. [After Brauer, not seen 
by us]. 
Habitat: West of Sumatra (750 m.). 
8. Fam. Stomiatidae. 
Elongate, or short and elevated, compressed, mostly with 
scales, which are cycloid and generally very deciduous. A 
mandibulary barbel present or absent. Gape of mouth wide, 
bodered by the short intermaxillary and the long maxillary. 
Dorsal before or behind ventrals. Adipose fin, if present, 
above or behind anal, which is situated behind the middle of 
the length of the body. Pectorals, if present, low down. Caudal 
forked. Close set teeth, serially or in bands, in jaws, some of 
the anterior ones may be fangs. If present, various in form 
and arrangement on vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. 
Ventrals abdominal, with 5—8 rays. Gillopening wide, gillmem- 
branes not connected or only at their base, generally free 
from isthmus. Branchiostegals 8—20. Pseudobranchiae present 
or absent. Four gills. Airbladder, if present, not contiguous 
