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depth of caudal peduncle 44/5} pectoral 2 3/4 to 3 2/3; ventral 3 l/4 (?) 
to 3 2/3* v ? 
Head black, ^ris neutral slate, pupil ivory to brownish white. 
Inside gill opening black. Body brown, dark or dusky towards head and belly, 
often otherwise with deep dusky chesnut tinge, ^ins all brownish. 
Off California,and lower California. 
46726 IT.S.N.M. N.33 0 8 * ¥. 118 0 40 " , In (?) fathoms. 
Albatross Station 2839. May 8, 1888, Length 85 to 128 mm. 3 examples, 
77464 U.S.N.M. Point Loma Light House, II. 32 0 E., 10, 6 miles, 
California. Albatross Station 4307. Length 1.00 to 139 mm, 3 examples. 
March 2, 1904. 
77465 TJ.S.N.M. Point Loma Light House, N. 36 ° E., 12. 3 miles. 
March 14, 1904. Albatross Station 4351. Length 84 mm, 
77466 TJ.S.K.M. Gull Islet, s. coast of Santa Cruz Island, N. 
21 0 W., 2, 9 miles. April 14, 1904, Albatross Station 4429, - 
Point Pinos Light House, S, 18 0 E., 8. 1 miles. May 23, 1904. 
ft 
Albatross Station 4515. Length 168 to 288 mm, 2 examples. 
87558 TJ.S.H.M, Albatross Station 5688. April 23, 1911. In 
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t 
525 fathoms. Length 354 mm, 
* 
Alepoce p halus convexifrons Garman 
Alepocephalus convexlfrons GARMAH, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol.24, 1899, 
p. 292, pi.59, fig.2, N. 16 0 33 * W. 99 0 52 * 30 " , 660 fathoms. 
Gulf of Panama. 
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Depth 5; head 3. Snout to eye 3 l/4 in head; orbit 3 o/4; eye 5 l/8, 
1 l/2 in snout; maxillary reaches 2/5 in eye, expansion 2 l/6 in eye, length 
