74 
Azores). - H.JORT, Depths of the Ocean, 1912, p.394 (off Moroccoj 
Azores; 3239 meters). 
Bathytroctes ( Bathytroctes ) rostratus NORMAN, Discovery Rep., vol.2, 1930, 
p.268, pi.2, fig.3, text fig 1 (S.33 0 25 * E. 6 ° 31 », 1000 meters; 
S. 33 50 * to 34 13 1 E. 16 4 to 15 49 *, 350 to 450 meters). 
Bathytroctes poroseopus BRAUER; Verhand. Deutsch. Zool. Gesell., vol.12, 
1902, p.43. 
Depth 4 1/8 to 5 l/4; head 3 l/2 to 3 3/4, width 2 l/4 to 2 4/5. Snout 
to eye 3 7/8 to 4 in head; orbit 3 to 3 l/8; eye 3 7/8 to 4 l/4, equals 
snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge 
but not to hind orbital edge, expansion 1 4/5 to 2 l/4 in eye, length 1 7/8 
to 2 in head; interorbital 4 3/5 to 4 3/4, broadly concave; opercle with 
oblique stria. Gill rakers 10 + 25,•lanceolate, slender, 1 l/2 in eye; gill 
filaments 3/5 gill rakers. 
Scales 80 along and close above lateral line to caudal base; 12 above, 
14 below, 50 predorsal. D ases of vertical fins scaly, head naked. Scales 
adherent, uniform; circuli fine and converge in 2 groups basally* 
D. TV_, 16, _I, origin little before anal origin, third branched ray 2 l/5 
* 
to 2 l/2; caudal 1 l/s to 1 l/2, well forked, rudimentary rays 10 above or 
below, moderate;* least depth of caudal peduncle 2 l/2 to 2 3/5; pectoral 4; 
ventral 2 l/5 to 2 l/2. 
Head black. Iris black, pupil ivory white. Body brown, more or less 
dark to sooty about belly, especially anteriorly. Inside mouth, and gill openings 
blackish. Fins brownish. 
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Easily known by the pair of anterior 
