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Distribution: Bathypelagic; Indo-australian Archipelago 

 (9592060 M.). 



i. Cercomitus flagellifer 

 M. Web. 



Cercomitus flagellifer Max Weber, 

 Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 55. 



Height 73 113; head about 

 IO; eye 9.7 1 1. 8, 2.1 2.4 in 

 postorbital part of head, more 

 than twice as long as concave 

 interorbital space. Snout about 

 3 / 4 of length of head. Origin 

 of dorsal somewhat before 

 middle between occiput and 

 base of pectorals. Rays and 

 membrane of dorsal weaker 

 than those of anal. Pectorals 

 6.4 7 in length of head. Colour 

 of alcohol specimens yellowish, 

 with scattered dark spots, 

 which are more crowded to- 

 wards the ventral surface. These 

 pigment spots are also present 

 below the eye. End of tail 

 blackish. Length 550 mm. 



Habitat: Flores sea (2o6oM. 

 mud)!; Savu-sea (959 M. globi- 

 gerine ooze)!. 



2. Nemichthys Richardson. 



(RICHARDSON, Zoology Voy. Samarang, 

 Fishes 1848, p. 25). 



Exceedingly elongate and 

 slender, tapering towards tail. 

 Anus below base of pec- 

 torals. Pectorals and vertical 



Fig. 156. Cercomitus flagellifer M. Web. fins well developed. Origin of 



dorsal above gillopenings; that 



of anal immediately behind anus. Head comparatively stout. 



Jaws produced into a long, slender bill, straight, recurved 



