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in the length; lower jaw distinctly shorter, leptocephalous dentition persisting; eye small, 2.5 in snout, 
7 in head; nostrils remote; pectorals not developed; a few scattered pigment cells in the opercular 
region, a few cells on top of the head, a series of pigment cells along the base of the dorsal, anal, and 
ventral line, those along the liases of the fins forming a nearly complete line, those along the lower 
surface of the abdomen more widely separated; segments 98-|-35. 
Leptoeephalus latus. 
Leptocephalus g-illii, sp. nov. Figs. 7, 7a, 7b. 
Type, one specimen 50 mm. long. Albatross, lat. 38° 25' north, long. 72° 40' west. 
This species differ from L. latus in the shape of the head and body. The specimen is, however, 
somewhat shriveled, and the differences may be due to age and to preservation. 
The body tapers gradually to the middle of the body; the tail is rather pointed; greatest height 
7.5 in the length; eye 13.5 in the length; profile depressed between nostrils; jaws equal; distance 
