72 
D. 15 or 16, fin height 5 in head, fin base entirely before analj A* 11, 
fin height 5; caudal:2, well emarginate; least depth of cadual peduncle 4 4/5 j 
pectoral 3; ventral 3 2/5 • 
Surface and interior linings black. Length 191 mm. (Garman.) 
Gulf of Panama. 
Bathyt roctes stomias (Gilbert) 
Bathytroctes stomias GILBERT, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., vol.13, 1890, p.53. Albatros 
■ Station 3074, 877 fathoms, off Oregon. - GOODE and BEAR, Oceanic Ichth., 
1895, p.40 (reference). — JORDAN and EVERMANN, Bull. U.S.Nat* --us.. No. 
47, pt.l, 1896, p. 454 (compiled). 
Narcetes stomias TOWNSEND and NICHOLS, Bull. Mer. %s. Nat. H ist., New York, 
m 
vol.52, art.l. May 16, 1925, p.10 (southwest of San Diego, 1076 fathoms)* 
Depth 5 l/8 to 5 l/5; head 3 l/2 to 5 l/4, width 2 3/4 to 2 4/5. Snout 
3 l/3 to 3 7/8 in head as measured to eye; orbit 3 3/4; eye 5 7/8 to 6 2 / 3 , 
1 2/3 to 2 in snout, 1 l/3 to 1 2/5 in interorbital, subequal with bony inter¬ 
orbital; maxillary reaches 3/4 to 4/5 eye diameters behind eye, expansion 
I l/5 to 1 l/4 in eye, length 1 3/4 to 1 4/5 in head; interorbital 4 7/8 to 
5, low to depressed, with broad deep groove extending on cranium nearly to 
occiput, bony interorbital 7 l/5. Gill rakers 5 •j- 12, lanceolate, 1 to 1 2/3 
in eye; gill filaments l/3 to 2/5 of gill rakers. 
Scales 85 to 95 along close above lateral line to caudal base; tubes 
60 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 8 to 10 above, 9 to 
II below, 55 to 65 predorsal forward to occiput. Bases of vertical fins with 
rather small scales. Scales very caducous, all fallen, ^ead naked. 
