69 
10070. D. 5284. Malavatuan Island (S.), N. 46 0 .7., 14. 25 
miles (N. 13 ° 42 ’ 05 " E. 120 ° 30 1 45 ")» China Sea vicinity of 
' southern Luzon. In 422 fathoms. July 20, 1908. Length 245 (?) mm. 
Bathytroct es s quamosus Aicock 
Bathytroctes squamosus ALC0CK, Ann. Mag. l*at« Hist, series 6, vol.6, 1890, 
p.300. About 75 miles west of Goa Coast, Laccadive Sea (IT. Lat. 15 0 
2 * E. Long. 72'° 34 1 ), in 740 fathoms; Illustrat. Zool. Investigator, 
pt.l, 1892, pi.5, fig.l..- GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p*40 
(reference). - ALC0CK, 1896, p. 334 (Off Goa coast in 740 fathoms); Cat. 
Deep-Sea Fishes Indian %s., 1899, p.173 (Arabian Sea off the Laccadives, 
740 fathoms). - WEBER, Siboga Exped., vol.57, Fische, 1913, p.ll, (Bali 
Sea in 1018 meters). - YJEBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo Austral. Archi¬ 
pelago, vol.2, 1913, p.101 (Bali Sea). 
Depth 4; head 3;l/2. Snout .4 1/3 in'head from snout , tip;- eye 2:2/3,-© 
greater than snout; maxillary reaches l/2 in eye, expansion 2 l/3 in eye, 
length 2 l/3 in head from snout tip; teeth small, even, acute, uniserial, re¬ 
curved in premaxillaries, dentaries, vomer and palatines, procurved on maxil— 
laries; nostrils large, close before eye. • Gill rakers long, close set. 
% 
Scales 50 in lateral line; 7 above, 7 below* -?ins not scaly, except 
caudal base* 
i 
D* IV, 14, first branched ray 2 l/8 in total hea.d length, most all of 
base before anal; A. Ill , 15, first branched ray 3 l/8; caudal 1 l/4, deeply 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 l/2; pectoral 1 2./5; ventral 2 ?-/3« 
Head deep black.s Buccal membrane and peritoneum black. Body pinkish 
