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I. Scopelosaurus Hoedti Blkr. 
Scopelosaurus Hoedti Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. VIII. 1860, Elfde Bijdr. 
Amboina, p. 13. 
Scopelosaurus Hoedti Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. VI. livr. 27, 1875, p. 157. 
Fig. 68. Scopelosaurus Hoedti Bikr. (after Bleeker). 
Bi 9% D. 12.895 As 2:15—-1O; Po 20005, Viie2 Orel eeenoe 
Ie itr., 2 68; 3124/4) above ul... below 4): 
Height circa 11°/,, about as broad as high. Pointed head 
about 4. Eye 3'/,, ?/, of interorbital space. Fronto-dorsal 
profile almost straight. Nostrils nearer to.orbit than to snout, 
which is acute and slightly longer than eye. Upper jaw 
ending below posterior part of eye, twice in length of head. 
Praeoperculum with an obtusely, rounded, nearly right angle. 
Operculum thin, translucent, slightly higher than long, inferiorly 
with a convex margin, superiorly divided by a longitudinal 
crest. Lower jaw prominent. Origin of dorsal about in the 
middle between eye and caudal, slightly behind ventrals, much 
higher than the length of its base and slightly higher than 
body; acute, not emarginate. Adipose fin slender, oblong, 
pointed, opposite to posterior rays of anal. Anal as long as 
or slightly shorter than postocular part of head, longer than 
high, acute, emarginate. Pectorals acute, conspicuously shorter 
than head without snout, not reaching ventrals. Ventrals much 
shorter than pectorals, nearer to head than to anal. Caudal 
deeply incised, with the lobes acute and subequal. Small teeth 
in the intermaxillary in one series, in the mandible in several 
series, the vomerine teeth in a transverse series, those in the 
palatines in a long series. Scales cycloid, those on the tail 
smaller, none on head. Lateral line nearly straight. Luminous 
organs (?) in 3 longitudinal ventral series. Length of single 
specimen known 151 mm. [Type in the Leyden Museum 
seen by us]. 
Habitat: Ambon! 
In sea. 
