56 
in head from snout tip; interorbital 7, low, broadly concave. Gill rakers 
7+16, lanceolate, half of eye; gill filaments 2/5 of gill rakers. 
Scales very caducous, all now fallen. lateral line axial along side, 
complete to caudal base# 
1 « 
D. 18, rays low, all broken, fin base 2 in total head length; fin 
origin midway between beginning of lateral line and caudal base; A. 17, rays 
low, all broken, fin:'base 2 in total head length; caudal apparently forked, 
broken, rudimentary rays 8 or 9 above or below, moderate; least depth of 
m * 
caudal peduncle 8; pectoral very small, as now broken little less than pupil; 
ventral broken, l/2 of orbit. 
Head black. Iris slate black, pupil ivory white. Body brown, with 
* 0 
dusky tinge. Fins brownish. 
Di agnosis . Only the poorly preserved type known, distinguished by its 
large head. 
Type Ho. U.S.K.M.* ' 
3842. D. 5648. North Island (S.), N. 87 ° E., 10. 2 miles 
(S. 5 ° 35 1 E. 122 ° 20 ’)> Buton Strait. In 559 fathoms. December 
16, 1909. B en gth 76 mm. Type. 
B athytrootes antillarum (Goode end Bean) 
Bathyt roctes (Talismania) antillaru m GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 
p.44. N. 28 ° 38 ’ 30 " W. 87 ° 2 *, 420 fathoms. Gulf ©f Mexico, 
Bathytro c tes antill arum GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, pi.14, fig.49, 
(type). 
Talismania antillarum JORDAN and E7EKNANN,Bull. IT.S.Nat. Mus., No.47, pt.l. 
1896, p.455 (compiled). 
