Alepocephalus macrops Lloyd * 
Alepocephalu s macr ops LLOYD,Mem. Indian Mas., vol. 2, No.3, Aug. 1909, p.148, 
pi.4-4, fig.3. Bay of Bengal off Arakan coast, 419 fathoms. 
Depth 4 4/5; head 2 s/5. Snout 3 l/2 in head from snout tip; eye 
3 2/5, greater than snout; maxillary reaches 1/3 in eye, expansion 3 in eye, 
length 2 4/5 in head; teeth conspicuous, on premaxillaries, dentaries, pal¬ 
atines and vomer; interorbital very low. Gill rakers numerous, long, lanceolate* 
Scales 50 in lateral line; 8 above, 8 below* 
D. 17, inserted very slightly before anal, fin base 2 2/3 in head; A* 
20, fin base 2 2/5; least depth of caudal peduncle 5 l/2; pectoral 8 (?)} 
ventral 6 (?)• 
Head jet black. Body brownish, black. Fins black, with bluish tinge* 
Length 110 mm, (Lloyd.) 
Indian Ocean, 
Alepoc ephalus barnardi Norman 
Alepocephalus barna rdi NORMAN, Discovery Rep., vol.2, 1930, p,270. Off Cape 
Point, South Africa, 700 fathoms. 
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Bathytrocte s rostratus (not GUNTHER) BARNARD, Ann. South African Mus., vol, 
21, pt. 1, June 1925, p.122 (Cape Point example). 
Depth 6; head 3. Snout 3 l/2 in head; eye 3 l/2; maxillary reaches 
nearly half way in eye; lower jaw included in tipper. 
Scales 50 (?) in lateral line. 
D. 18; A. 18, origin below fifth dorsal ray, more than twice as distant 
from snout end as from caudal base; caudal peduncle nearly 3 times long as 
