87 
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Verde Islands. 
Depth 2 3/4j head 3 2 / 5 , width 1 4/5. Snout 3 2/5 in head from snout tip; 
eye 3 l/8, gre ter than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches l/8 in eye, 
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expansion 1 7/8 in eye, length 2 l/4 in head; teeth uniformly minute; inter¬ 
orbital, concave. Gill rakers 10 4- 20, lanceolate, close set. 
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Scales 100 in lateral line, which straight; 17 above, 15 below. 
D. 18, fin height 3 l/2 in total head; A. 17, fin height 3 l/2; caudal 
1 3/4, well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 5 l/4. 
Brown, fread, pectoral region, vent and fringes of caudal peduncle black. 
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Length 140 mm. (Gitnther.) 
Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 
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Genus HOULEINA Jordan 
Rouleina JORDAN, Stanford Univ. Public. Biol. Sci., vol.3. No.2, 1923, p.122. 
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Type Aleposomus g Ontheri ALCOCK, orthotypic. 
Body elongate, tapers backward from head# ^ead large, rather obtuse in front# 
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Snout short. Eye large, advanced. Mouth large, lower jaw usually projects* 
Edges of jaws with uniserial small teeth. Gill openings wide, gill membranes 
joined below, free from isthmus. Body scaleless. B orga i and anal short, sub¬ 
equal. Dorsal rays 15 to 21, anal rays 14 to 19. Paired fins usually small. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 
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a. BATHYPHOPTEP.ON new subgenus. Anal origin little behind dorsal origin; 
maxillary reaches beyond eye center to hind eye edge or slightly beyond. 
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b. Mandible protruding. 
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cl Eye 3 2/5 to 3 l/2 in head from snout tip; D. 16 or 17; A. 17 to 19; 
