73 
(D. Ill , 16, _I or III , 17, _I, first branched ray 3 l/Z (?) in head, fin origin 
midway between gill opening end caudal basej A. III , 12, _I or III, 13, I, 
first branched ray 4 2/5 (?), fin origin opposite first to last 2/5 of dorsal 
fin base; caudal broken, forked, rudimentary ray 12 to 14 above or below; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 3 3/5 (?), inserted little before dorsal or 
midway between hind maxillary end and caudal base. 
Head black. Body dark sienna brown, scale pockets dusky to blackish. 
Eody sometimes tan brown, sooty about head and breast, Iris neutral dusky 
I 
to blackish, pupil ivory white. Inside mouth and gill opening blackish. 
Fins brownish to dusky. 
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Off California and Oregon. 
35594 U.S.N.M. N. 39 ° 43 * 30 " W. 69 ° 23 * • In 1050 fathoms. 
Albatross Station 2220. August 23, 1884. Length 510 mm. 
43081 U.S.N.M. N. 47 ° 22 * W. 25 0 48 * 30 ". In 877 fathoms. 
Albatross Station 3074. June 29, 1889. Length 318 mm. Type. 
Bathytrootes ro stratus Gttnther 
Bathytroctes rostratus GUNTHER, Ann. Mag. Hat. Hist., series 5, vol.2, 1878, 
' — i m \ m in in ■Mir 
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p.250. Off Pernambuco, Brazil, in 675 fathoms; Rep. Voy. Challenger, 
vol.22, 1887, p.227, pi.58, fig. B (type). - GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic 
Ichth., 1895, p. '41 (copied). - BRAUER, Deutsch Tiefsee Exped. Valdivia, 
vol. 15, Tiefsee *Fische, 1906, p.17, pi.14, figs.2 - 3 (off Diego Garcia, 
between Seychelles and Zanzibar, Gulf of Aden, 200 to 1500 meters). - 
HOLT and BYRNE, Dep. Agric. Ireland Fisher. Sci. Invest., 1905 (1906), 
No.2, p.45, pi.4, figs. 3 - 5. - ZUGMAYER, Res. Camp. Sci. Inst. Monaco, 
vol. 35, 1911, p.5 (N.43 ° 4 1 W. 19 0 42 ’, 1500 meters, between Portugal 
