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35341 U.S.N.M. N 39 ° 26 » 16 " W. 70 0 2 » 37 " # In 1362 fathoms. 
Albatross Station 2035. Length 460 (?) mm., caudal broken. Type. 
Alepocephalus nmbriceps Jordan and Thompson 
Alepocephalus umbriceps JORDAN and THOMPSON, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol.6, no.4, 
Sep. 1914, p.209, pi.24, fig.l. Aomori, Japan. 
Depth 5; head 2 3/4# Snout 4 in head; eye 4 3/4, 1 l/8 in snout; max¬ 
illary reaches l/2 in eye, expansion 2 l/8 in eye, length 2 2/3 in head; inter¬ 
orbital 6 l/2, broad. Gill rakers 7+19, longest l/3 of eye. 
Scales 65 pores in lateral line. Vertical fins with scaly bases. Scales 
very caduocous, most all fallen. 
D. 17, fin height 3 l/5 in head; A. 17, fin height 3; caudal 1 3/5, 
deeply forked; least depth 4 3/4; pectoral 2 3/4; ventral 3. 
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Head deep black, each scale on body tipped with black. Fins black# 
Mouth cavity and peritoneum black. Length 270 mm# (Jordan and Thompson.) 
Off Japan. 
A lepocephalus bicolor Alcock 
Alepocephalus bicolor ALCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series 6, vol.8, 1891, 
p.133. Bengal Bay (N.Lat. 15 ° 56 * 50 " E.Long. 81 0 30 l/2 »)* 
in 240 to 276 fathoms; Illustrat. Zool. Investigator,^Fishes,pt.l, 
1892, pi.4, fig.2# - GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, pp.36, 
509 (reference). - ALCCCK, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol.65, pt.2, 
1896, p.334 (off Madras coast, 240 to 276 fathoms)| Cat. Deep Sea 
Fishes Indian Mus., 1899, p.169, (Bay of Bengal, off Ganjam coast, 
240 to 276..fathoms; Arabian Sea, off Malabar coast, 360 fathoms). - 
BRAUER, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp. Valdivia, vol. 15, Tiefsee Fische, 
