40 
maxillary, approaching Alepocephalus. 
48769 U.S.N.M. IT. 55 ° 23 ’ W. 17 0 31 1 • In 1771 fathoms. 
Albatross Station 3603. August 11, 1895. Length 660 (?) mm., caudal 
damaged. Type. 
ft 
Alepocephalus niger Gunther 
Alepocephalus niger GUNTHER, Ann. Mag* Hat. Hist., series 5, vol.2, Sep* 1, 
1878, p.248. Seventy five miles east south-east of Raine Island, Queens¬ 
land (north of Australia), in 1400 fathoms. - MACLEAY, Proc. Linn* 
ft 
Soc. New South Wales, vol.6, 1881, p.264 (copied).- GUNTHER, Rep. Voy. 
Challenger, vol.22, 1887, p.224, pi.56, fig. B (type).- GOODE and 
BEAU, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p.36 (reference). 
Pterothrissus gissu (not IilLGENDORF) GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 
pi.14, fig.52 (error in transposition). 
7Depth 5 4/5; head 3. Snout 3 l/4 in head; eye 5 4/5, 1 7/8 in snoutj 
maxillary -reaches eye, expansion 2 in eye, length 3 in head; lower jaw 
shorter than upper; interorbital low. Gill rakers 4-14* stout, pointed. 
Scales 140 in lateral line, cycloid. 
D. 21, origin over first sixth of anal base, fin height 6 3/4 in 
head; A. 27, fin height 5 2/3; caudal 2 2/3; pectoral 2 3/4; ventral 3 2/3. 
Uniform deep black. In life light blue, deeper tint about fins and 
gill covers* Length 330 mm. (Gunther.) 
Off Queensland. 
