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Leptoderma affinis Alcock 
Leptoderraa affinis ALCOCK, Cat. Deep Sea Fishes Indian Mus., 1899, p. 182. 
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Bay of Bengal, off Kistna coast, in 753 fathoms? Illustrat. Zool. Investi¬ 
gator, Fishes, pt.7, 1900, pi.32, fig.3. 
Leptoderma macrops (not VAILLANT) ALCOCK, Ann* Mag. Nat. Hist., series 6, vol.10, 
1892, p.361 (Bay of Bengal, in 753 fathoms), - GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic 
Ichth., 1895, p.49 (part). - ALCOCK, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol.65, 
pt.2, 1896, p.335 (off Madras coast in 753 fathoms). 
Depth 7 l/3; head 3 4/5. Snout 37/8 in head from snout tip? eye 3, 
greater than snout; maxillary apparently not reaching eye, expansion 2 2/5 
in eye, length 3 7/8 in head from snout tip; a series of small teeth on pre¬ 
maxillary, none on maxillary or palate; interorbital low. 
Skin naked. Lateral line row of pores from occiput to caudal. 
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D. 66, fin height 5 l/2 in total head, nearly over first fifth in anal 
length; A. 85, fin height 4 1/4 in head, inserted little over eye diameter 
in space between snout tip and caudal base; caudal 3 l/5 in head, well forked, 
slender lobes sharply pointed; pectoral 3 l/lO; ventral 4. 
Black, purple in spirit. Length 222 mm. (Alcock.) 
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Genus ANOMALOPTERUS Vaillant 
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Anomalopterus VAILLANT, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. ^aris, vol.103, 1886, p# 1239# 
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Type.Anom&lopterus plnguis VAILLANT, monotypic. 
Body oblong, rather short. Head very large, half of body without caudal. 
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Snout long. Eye very small, ^axillary large, reaches well beyond eye. Pre- 
maxillaries, dentaries and palatines with teeth. $ill opening large. No 
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