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narrowly exposed, slightly smallrr on hody behind. Head and caudal 
base scaly. Lateral line low and e.\ten<ls hack far as end of depressed 
anal. Dorsal inserted about opposite last third in space between 
front pupil edge and caudal base. Anal inserted well l)ehind dorsal 
origin or little nearer caudal base than ventral origin. Caudal with 
lower lobe much longer, about an eye-diameter longer than head. 
Pectoral reaches middle of depressed anal, first ray simple, all others 
divided. Ventral inserted midway between caudal base and hind 
eye edge, fin reaching caudal base. 
Color in alcohol brownish on back and head above, sides and below 
silvery white. Iris silvery white. Dorsal and caudal tinged with 
dusky as two or three larger dark spots on former fin basally and on 
latter fin on lower lobe. Anal pale or whitish, with dusky spots at 
tips of some rays. Pectoral contrasted blackish and white, with 
broad whitish shade extending from axil obliquely to upper rays 
near terminal ends, and some rays tipped with whitish. Ventral 
black, except two .outer white rays. 
Length of to 6 inches (tip of lower caudal lobe slightly damaged). 
Two from Newport (Powell). 
Cypselurus gibbifrons (Valenciennes). Fig. 3. — Head 4; depth 
o; I). I, 11; A. I, S; P. ii, 15; scales about 55 in lateral line to caudal 
base + 6 more on latter; 8 scales above lateral line to dorsal origin, 
and 3 below to anal origin; about 30? predorsal scales; snout 4 in 
head, measured from upper jaw tip; eye 3^; maxillary 4^; inter- 
orbital 2f . 
Body elongate, robust, sides flattened, broader above. Caudal 
peduncle small, compressed, little longer than deep. Head broadly 
convex above, flattened sides converging below. Snout convex, 
profile curving down convexly, blunt, length f its width. Eye 
large, rounded, well anterior, impinging on upper profile. Mouth 
small, broad, broadly convex lower jaw protruding. Maxillary 
little curved, largely concealed, reaches beyond nostril though not 
quite to eye. Rather narrow^ band of minute weak teeth in front 
of each jaw, none on maxillary edges. No vomerine nor palatine teeth. 
Nostril moderate, high on edge of snout, little before eye. Inter- 
orbital broad, slightly concave. Rakers 5 + 16, lanceolate, a third 
of eye. Scales firm, narrowdy exposed, become smaller on hind 
part of body. Head and caudal base scaly. Lateral line low, its 
tubes end opposite tip of depressed dorsal. Dorsal inserted about 
