47 t4 
teeth in lower jaw, vomer and palatines. Gill membranes not united, free from 
isthmus. Gill rakers long, numerous, leathery. Branchiostegals 13* Pseudo¬ 
branchiae present. Scales moderate, cycloid, smaller on lateral line* Dorsal 
postmedian,’ base entirely before anal.c Caudal forked. Paired fins small. 
One species in the Eastern Pacific, with the aspect of Bathytroctes . 
Leptochilichthys agassizii Garaian 
Leptochilichthys agassizii GARMAN, Mem* Mus. Comp. Zool., vol.24, 1899, p*285, 
• pi.58, fig.3. N. 1 ° 7 ’ W. 80 0 21 1 , 1573 fathoms. Gulf of Panama. 
Depth 4 l/2j head 2 2/3, width about 2. Snout to eye 4 l/6 in headj 
orbit 5 4/5, eye 1 7/8 in snout; equal interorbital maxillary extends 1 l/2 eye < 
diameters behind eye, expansion 1 l/5 in eye, length 1 2/3 in head; interorbit¬ 
al moderately high. Gill rakers 8 4 19* 
Scales 64 along close above lateral line; 5 above, 5 below. Fins not 
scaly. 
D. 14, posterior rays higher or 7 in head; A. 13, fin height 8 l/5; 
caudal small, length 2 3/5; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 3/4; pectoral 4 
2/3; ventral 4 2/3. < 
Black on body, head, fins and linings. Length 305 mm. (Garman.) 
•)Gulf of Panama. 
Genus Asquamiceps Zugmayer 
Asquamiceps ZUGMAYER, Bull. Inst. Oceanogr• Monaco, No.193, January 20, 
1911, p.2. Type Asquamiceps velaris ZUGMAYER, monotypic. 
Body elongate, tap ering back rather narrowly and slenderly posteriorly. 
