15 
2 
i. Body short and deep; teeth uniserial PLATYTROCTEGEN 
2 
d. Ventrals absent; body short and deep; branohiostegals 6. 
PLATYTROCTES 
2 
o. Body scaleless, though sometimes small nodules present* 
1 . 
1. Maxillary not extended beyond eye; no median cutaneous 
fold on predorsal. 
1 
m. Dorsal and anal subequal, well separated from well developed 
caudal; eyes moderate* 
* 
1 
n. D. 15 to 21; A. 14 to 19. ROULEII'IA. 
“2 
n . D.25 to 30; A.28 to 34. XENODERMICHTHYS. 
2 
m* Dorsal much shorter than anal, which more than half the 
length of fish; caudal peduncle and caudal fin very small 
eyes large: LEPTODERMA* 
2 
1. Maxillary reaches well beyond eye; high median cutaneous 
2 
predorsal fold ANOMALOPTEEUS* 
AULAS T OMAT OMORPH MAE * Snout long, tube-like, with small terminal 
mouth; scales minute, scarcely imbricate AULASTOMATOMORPHA* 
2 
a. DOLICOPTERYGINAE. Ventral origin well postmedian; eyes telescopic; 
***** 
pectoral very long* 
DOLICOPTERYX. 
Genus ALEPOCEPHALUS Risso 
Alepocephalus RISSO, MSm. Acad. Royale de Turin, vol.25, 1820, p.270. 
Type Alepocephalus rostratus RISSO, monotypic. 
Conocara GOODE and BEAN, OQeanic Iohth., 1895, p.39. Type Cpnocara mcdonaldi 
Goode and Bean, designated by JORDAN, Genera of Fishes, pt.4, 1920, 
p.467. 
