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1906, p*19 (off Sumatra). - WEBER, Siboga Exped., vol.57, Fische, 
1913, p.10, (Flores Sea, 521 to 538 meters). - WEBER and BEAUFORT, 
Fishes Indo Austral* Archipelago, vol#2, 1913, p*99, j.ig.34, 
(Flores Sea)# 
Depth 5 3/4 to 6 l/2; head 3 l/3 to 3 2 / 5 , width 2 3/4 to 3. Snout 
3 l/3 to 3 l/2 in head; orbit 3 3/5 to 4 l/8; eye 4 4/5 to 6, 1 l/2 to 
14/5 in snout, 1 l/8 to 1 4/5 in interorbital; maxillary reaches l/8 to 
1/4 in eye, expansion 1 3/4 to 2 l/8 in eye, length 2 4/5 to 3 in head; 
interorbital 3 2/5 to 5, nearly level or only very slightly convex; opercle 
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with 6 or 7 radiating striae. Gill rakers 10 -f- 15, lanceolate, 1 l/4 in 
eye; gill filaments 2/3 gill rakers. 
Scales 62 to 65 in lateral line to caudal base; 7 above, 7 below,- 
32 or 33 predorsal forward to occiput# Small scales on bases of all fins# 
Scales with 17 to 19 fine long basal radiating striae; circuli very fine# 
D. VIII , 12, 1 or VIII. 13, I_, fin height 3 to 4 in head; A.V, 22, 
I, fin height 3 1/4 to 4 2/3, fin origin apposite or slightly behind 
dorsal origin; caudal 1 2/5 to 1 l/3, deeply forked, rudimentary rays 
above or below 11 to 17; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 3/5 to 4 l/3; 
pectoral 1 l/4 to 2 l/2, in large example reach middle of ventral; ventral 
2 to 2 l/2, reach 4/5 to vent; vent about opposite dorsal origin. 
Head like lamp black. Iris black, pupil ivory white. Body dusky 
brown# Fins brownish# Inside mouth and gill opening blackish# 
Indian and Pacific Oceans# 
Although Weber and Beaufort give their dimensions as 300 mm. axl my 
specimens are smaller. Neither these writers, or Alcock, show the long 
