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scaly. Scales simple, thin, cycloid, adherent; circuli fine and imperfect. 
D. VIII , 13, _I, origin'slightly beofre miidle of anal base, first 
branched ray 5 in head; A. IV, 33, _I, fin height 5; caudal 2 3/5, small, 
forked, 16 rudimentary rays above or below, extend well forward toward dorsal 
and anal fins; least depth of caudal peduncle 5 l/3; pectoral 2 4/5; 
ventral 4 l/5 (?). 
H ead blackish. Iris neutral black, large pupil ivory white. Adipose 
eyelids dark neutral gray. Inside gill openings and mouth blackish. Body 
light brown, sooty or dusky on belly. Fins pale, paired darker. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
39482 U.S.N.M. N. 28 0 47 » 30 " W. 87 ° 27 *. In 724 fathoms. 
.1885# Albatross Station 2392® Length 208 mm. Type# 
47651 #M* 1'’• 24 0 36 ! 77 * 84’ 0 5 f # la 955 fathoms# BLAKE 
Station CLXY. Length 147 mm. Very poorly preserved. 
T'* __ » _ • 
HALISAURICEPS new genus 
Type Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd. 
Body elongate, strongly compressed, rather deep. Caudal peduncle 
small. Head large, conic, sides flattened below. Snout protrudes in point 
before mandible tip. Eye moderate, high, nearly median in head length. 
Mouth rather small, wide. Teeth minute or obsolete, or only few feeble ones 
on premaxillaries or front edges of mandible. Interorbital and top of head 
depressed. Gill rakers lanceolate. Scales large, thin, cycloid, very caduc¬ 
ous, most all lost in preserved examples. Dorsal and anal similiar, posterior, 
opposite. Caudal small. Sectoral short. Central small, midway in body. 
Diagnosi s. This genus is related to Alepocephalus and allied genera 
