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E.), between Burias and Luzon, at a depth of 226 fathoms, on a 

 bottom of soft green mud. 



This species resembles H. atherinoides Gilbert from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. The latter is slenderer, has a shorter head, snout, and max- 

 illary and a slenderer caudal peduncle. 



The collection contains three examples from station 5388 and one 

 individual from station 5508, off northern Mindanao, in 270 fathoms. 



