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Gill rakers 9 4- 19, lanceolate, 1 4/5 in eye, gill filaments 2/5 of gill rakers. 
Scales 53 in lateral line to caudal base; 7 above, 7 below, 27 predorsal 
forward to occiput. Bases of vertical fins scaly. Head largely scaly. Lateral 
line axial along side of body, complete, large tubes conspicuous, each well 
exposed. Scales all very thin, cycloid, caducous, most all fallen. 
D. V,ll, _I , fin origin nearly midway between hind edge and caudal 
base, third branched ray 1 4/5 in total head length; A. Ill , 13, I, fourth 
branched ray 2, origin about opposite last fourth of dorsal base; caudal 1 l/4, 
deeply forked, slender lobes pointed, 7 to 9 rudimentary rays above or below; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 4/5; pectoral 1 3/5, reaches l/8 to ventral; 
ventral reaches 4/5 to anal, length 1 3/5 in total head length, fin origin 
slightly nearer anal than pectoral origin. 
Head blackish brown, ^ris neutral black, pupil ivory white. Body brown. 
Fins all slightly paler brown than body. Inside gill opening and mouth blackish. 
S 
Andaman Sea (?), East Indies. %■ specimen agrees with Gtbither’s figure 
% 
of the head. 
4233. D. 5655. Cape Tabako, N. 7 ° E., 13 miles (S. 3 0 34 
* 10 ” E. 120 50 ’ 30 "), Gulf of Boni, Celebes. In 608 fathoms. 
December 18, 1909. Length 188 mm. 
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Bathytroctes calcaratus Weber 
Bathytroote s calcaratus WEBER,Siboga Exped., vol.57, Fische, 1913, p.ll, pl.4, 
fig.5 - a. Macassar Strait (S. Lat. 85 0 East Long. 119 0 29. 5 \) , 
in 724 meters; Ceram Sea (S. Lat, 173, 3 0 27 ’ East Long. 131 ° 5), 
in 567 meters. - WEBER and BEAUFORT; Fishes Indo. Austral. Archipelago, 
vol.2, 1913, p.102, fig.35 (type). 
