20 
longiiyiidin8,l series, smaller on fxn bases# Scales with 17 ox* 18 weak radiat#» 
ing basal striae; cirouli very fine, largely longitudinal and parallel. 
D. V, 10, _I to 7, 13, _I, third branched ray 2 7/8 to 3 3/5 in head; 
A. V, 17, jt,third branched ray 2 7/8 (?), to 3 (?) ; caudal 1 3/4 to 2 (?) 
well forked, about 10 inconspicuous rudimentary rays above or below; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4 l/4; pectoral 2 l/4 to 2 2/3; ventral 3 
to 3 2/5. ' . 
Head deep neutral black. Iris dark gray, pupil brownish white. Inside' 
mouth and gill opening black. Body dark livid gray or neutral gray, each 
of scale exposures narrowly much darker to neutral dusky. Fins blackish 
brown. Where scales have fallen skin dark brown. 
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
40048 U.S.H.M. Mice. Royal Zoological Museum Florence* Length 295 
limit 
49332 TJ.S.L.M. !Iice. Dr. C. Bellotti. Length 347 mm. 
Ale;.. •rtnhalus giafr&i KGf’rl.iT’. 
Alepoc ephalus giardi Koehler» 
Alepocephalus giardi KOEHLER, .Aim. TJniv. Lyon, vol. 26, 1896, p. 513, pi. 26, 
fig. 1, N. 45 0 57 ’ W. 6 0 21 *, 1410 meters; N. 44 ° 39 ’ W. 4° 39 » t 
800 meters. Gulf of Gascony. - MURRAY and HJ0RT, Depths of the Ocean, 
1912 , p* 394, fig# 262 ( Faroe-Shetland Channel; Faroe Bank, 750 to 
840 meters)* 
1 • v? ~ s -!• • * 1 
i * ' 
Depth 4 4/5; head 3* Snout 4 1/6 in head; eye 3 3/4, slightly greater 
than snout, less than interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/7 in eye, expansion 
