42 
tween hind eye edge and caudal basel caudal 2 4/5 (?), forked, rudimentary 
ray 15 above or below, rather prominent and extend well forward; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 6 l/2; pectoral 3 l/4 (?); ventral 4, fin origin 
midway between snout tip and caudal base* 
Head black. Iris and orbit neutral black, pupil pale buff white# 
Body dark rueset brown, darker to blackish brown anteriorly or about head# 
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Inside gill openings blackish. Fins pale, paired ones more dusky# 
Atlantic Ocean. 
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44576 U.S.N.M. N.31 ° 48 ' W. 137 o 19 * 30 ". October 18, 1891 
Albatross Station 2751. Length 225 mm. 
Alepocephalus mcdonaldi (Goode and Bean) 
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Conocara mcdonaldi GOODE and BEAN,0ceanic Ichth., 1895, p.39, pl.13, fig#48. 
N. 24 ° 36 ’ W. 84 ° 5 ’, 955 fathoms; N. 24 ° 36 * W. 84 ° 5 », 955 
fathoms; N. 28 0 47 ' 30 " W. 87 o 27 ' . 
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Conocara Macdonaldi JORDAN and EVEEMANN, Bull. TJ.S. Nat. Mus., No.47, pt.l, 
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1896, p. 457 (compiled). 
Depth 6 2/3; head 3 l/8, width 2 l/3. Snout 3 l/4 in head; orbit 
3 l/4; eye 5 2/5, 2 in snout, 2 in interorbital; maxillary reaches orbi£, 
expansion 2 in eye, length 3 l/5 in head; interorbital 2 4/5, bony interobital 
5 l/8 depressed, largely concave medially. Gill rakers 2 «f 14, lanceolate, 
3 in eye, twice gill filaments. 
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Scales 216 along and close above lateral line to caudal base; 56 rather 
elongate and large tubes in lateral line to caudal base; 24 scales above, 
28 below, 130 predorsal forward to occiput. Bases of vertical fins finely 
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