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PSEUDEIJSTOMXAJS new genus 
Type Pseudeu stamia s myersi_ new species. 
Body elongate, compressed, with short constricted caudal peduncle. Head 
small, compressed, ciout short, -ye large, well advanced in head. Mouth lar e, 
gape curved and mandible \vell protruded. Maxillary slender, long. Teeth mostly 
all erect, fixed, rather small, little prominent, larger not greatly exceeding 
smaller, unicuspid, ‘-mall depressicle tooth each side of vomer and several small 
teeth on each palatine. Interorbital low. Barbel short, less than head, with 
scarcely differentiated terminal bulb. Gill rakers few feeble spinules. Photo- 
phores in rows inferior on body. Dorsal and anal well posterior on body, latter 
with longer base which extends both little before and behind dorsal. Caudal 
small, apparently only slightly forked. Pectoral slightly less than head. 
Ventral little longer, inserted far posteriorly or close before anal. 
Diagnosis• Cnieily distinguished by its unicuspid, wide set, moderate erect 
teeth in the jaws, fewer in number than in most genera in the family. Barbel 
short and simple, -ins as in Mjcrodontos tomias. 
( 178 yj, false, with reference to its superficial resemblance; E ustom - 
ias.) 
P seudeustomias layers! new species. 
Depth 9 s/s; head 7, width 2 2/ 5. Snout 4 in head from snout tip; eye 4 , 
subequal with snout, 1 l/lO in interorbital; maxillary extends eye diameter be- 
! 1 'nd eye, length 1 l/5 in head from snout tip; 6 wide set teeth on each pre— 
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maxillary, i irst shortest, second, long st or nearly equals eye; each mandibular 
ramus T . T , r ith 3 small teeth in front and 3 large r/e 11 spaced lateral ones or mostly 
falling opposite eye; small depressible tooth each side of vomer and 2 or 3 
