23 
deep. Length 200 mm* (Norman). 
Off Cape Point, South Africa, in 700 fathoms. Said to differ from 
Alepocephalus productus Goode and Bean in its narrow tody, longer snout, 
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larger orbit and longer caudal peduncle. From Alepocephalu s tan.bricep s 
Jordan and Thompson differs in longer snout and larger eye. 
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Alepocephalus edentulus Alcock 
Alepocephalus edentulus ALCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series 6, vol.10, 
1892, p.358, pi. 18, fig.2, Bay of Bengal (N. Lat. 12 ° 50 ' E. Long, 
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81 30 ’), in 475 fathoms. - GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 
pp. 36, 510 (reference). - ALCOCK, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 
65, pt. 2, 1896, p.334 ( off Madras coast, 475 fathoms); Cat. Deep 
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Sea Fishes Indian Mus«, 1899, p. 172 (off Madras coast, 475 fathoms; 
Bay of Bengal, 475 fathoms); Illustrat. Zool. Investigator, Fishes, 
pt. 7, 1900, pi. 33, fig.4 
Depth 4 3/5; head 3 2/5. Snout 4 l/3 in head; eye 5 l/lO, 1 l/S 
in snout; maxillary reaches 3/5 in eye, expansion 2 3/4 in eye, length 2 7/8 
in head; interorbital convex. Gill rakers +12, slender, lanceolate. 
Scales 50 in lateral line; 15 transversely. Scales very caducous. 
D* 29, origin over first fourth in anal base, fin height 4 2/5; caudal 
1 4/5, deeply forked; jeast depth of caudal peduncle 6 l/3; pectoral (?) 
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ventral 3 7/8. 
Head and eyes jet black. Body and fins gray black. Length nearly 175 
ram. (Alcock.) 
Indian Ocean 
