k. D.16 to 18; A. 17 to 19; eye 4 l/2 to 5 l/2 in head# 
1 
h# Pectoral longer than snout# 
1 
m. Dorsal origin slightly before anal origin 
tenebrosus. 
2 
m# Dorsal origin opposite anal origin convexifrons. 
2 
1* Pectoral less than snout; dorsal origin slightly before 
anal origin 
2 
fundulus. 
k. D.24; A,31 to 35; eye 5 l/8 to 6 l/2 in head 
microlepis. 
2 
i. Scales 108; D.17; A.24; eye 7 in head salmoneus. 
4 “ 
a# 'WHITLEYIDEA new subgenus. Scales very small, 140 in lateral line; D# 21 
inserted behind anal origin; A#27; maxillary reaches eye 
niger• 
5 
a# CONOCARA. Scales minute, 190 to 216 in lateral line; D.20, inserted 
well behind anal origin; A.36 or 37# 
1 
m# Lower gill rakers 17 
m# Lower gill rakers 14 
macropterus 
mcdonaldi• 
v ( 
Subgenus ALEPOCEPHALUS Risso 
Alepocephalus rostratus Risso# 
Alepocephalus rostratus RISSO, Mem. Acad. Sci. Torino, vol. 25, 1820, p. 
291, pi.10, fig. 4. Nice; Hist. Nat# Eur# MSrid., vol. 3, 1826, p# 
449, pi. 11, fig. 28. (Nice). - SWAINSON, Nat. Hist. Animals, vol. 2, 
1839, p. 298 (reference )# - VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 19, 
1846, p. 172, pi.566 (Nice). - JOHNSON, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 
