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Bathytroctes aequatoris (Goode and Bean) 
Bathytrocte s ( Talismania) aequatoris GOODJE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 
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p.44. N. 1 o 3 1 W, 80 ° 15 ', 741 fathoms, off Ecuador. 
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Bathytroctes aequatori s GOODE and BEAU, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, pi.14, fig.50 
(type). 
Talismania aequatoris JORDAN and EVER ANN, Bull. U.S.Nat. Mus., No.47, pt.l, 
1896, p. 456 (compiled). 
Depth 5? head 3 l/5, width 2 3/5. Snout 3 l/3 in head from snout tip 
to eye; orbit 4 3/4; eye 7, 2 l/5 in snout, 1 3/4 in interorbital, 1 l/4 in 
bony interorbital; maxillary reaches slightly behind eye, expansion equals 
eye, length 2 in head from snout tip; interorbital 4 3/5, bony interorbital 
deep 
5 3/4, low, with broadAgroove reaching occiput; opercle with oblique lines. 
Gill rakers 6 -f 19, lanceolate, equal eye; gill filaments l/5 &»• gill rakers. 
Scales 46 tubular in lateral line to caudal base, which well marked 
with continuous deep groove. Scales very deciduous, all now fallen. 
D. V, 16, rays broken, fin height 3 (?) in total head length; A. 17,17, 
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rays broken, fin height low; caudal damaged, evidently forked, rudimentary 
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rays about 12, not prominent; least depth of ca\*dal peduncle 5; pectoral 
small, low, damaged, apparently subequal with orbit; ventral about like 
pectoral, inserted little nearer mandible tip than caudal base# Head blackish, 
damaged, below lost skin whitish# Iris slate black, pupil whitish# Body 
blackish brown. Fins all pale. Inside mouth and gill opening blackish. 
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Eastern Pacific. 
44085 U.S.N.M. H. 1 ° 3 » W. 80 ° 15 ». In 741 fathoms. Albatross 
Station 2793. Length 341 (?) mm. 
Xn poor condition. Type. 
