21 
2 7/8 in eye, length 3 in headj lower jaw shorter than upper; interorbital 
low, 
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Along lateral line 54 muscular impressions to caudal base; 9 above, 
6 below, Seales not described, 
D. 20, fin height 4 7/8 in head, origin slightly behind anal origin; 
A, 23, fin height 4 2/3; caudal 2 l/8, emarginate, lobes rounded and 15 
rudimentary rays extend well forward; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 l/4; 
pectoral 2 l/lO, reaches ventral base; ventral 3 2/5, 
Grayish, Head below, mouth, gill membranes and gill opening blackish. 
Length 320 mm, (Koehler), 
Atlantic Ocean. 
Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman . ■ 
Alepocephalus asperifrons GARMAN, Mem, Mus, Comp. Zool., vol. 24, 1899, 
p.291, pi.59, fig.l, N. 6 °‘35 1 W. 81 ° 44 ’, 782 fathoms; N. 7 0 15 « 
- ' 1 -W .79 0 36 ’ , 1020 fathoms. Gulf of Panama. 
Depth 5; head 2 4/5. Snout to eye 3 2/5 in head; orbit 4 l/3; eye 6, 
1 3/4 in snout; maxillary reaches 3/5 in eye, expansion 1 2/3 in eye, length 
2 3/5 in head; teeth small, slender, acicular, uniserial on prexamillaries, 
(dentaries and palatines; interorbital concave, 
flr I 
Scales 56 to 58 in lateral line; 6 above, 7 below, 
D. 16 or 17, fin base 2 7/8 in head, origin opposite anal origin; A. 
17 to 19, fin base 2 2/5; caudal damaged, evidently deeply emarginate; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 4 3/4; paired fins damaged, evidently small. 
Surface and internal linings deep black. Length 305 mm. (Garman.) 
Gulf of Panama. 
