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Aulastomatomorpha phospherops Alcock 
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Aulastomatomorpha phospherops ALCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series 6. vol.6. 
■> "» w i i i n a i ■—*—i t-nn n i —■ i m m> ~m m m nm— mi * «F w ® 
1890, p. 307. Off Elicapeni Bank, Laccadive Sea (N. Lat. 11 0 12 ’ 47 " 
E. Long. 74 0 25 ’ 30 "), in 1000 fathoms; series 6, vol.7, 1891, p.10, 
fig.l. 
Aulastomatomorp ha phosphorops ALCOCK, Illustrat. Zool. Investigator, Fishes, 
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pt.l, 1892, pi.5, fig.2. - GOODE and BEAM; Oceanic Ichth., 1895, pp.50, 
510 (compiled)). - LLOYD, Mem. Indian Mus., vol.2. No.3, 1909, p.148 (Bay 
of Bengal off Arakan coast, 1100 fathoms). 
Aulastomamorpha phosphorops ALCOCK, Joum. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol.65, pt.2, 
1896, p.335 (compiled); Cat. Deep. Sea Fishes Indian Mus., 1889, p.178 
(Arabian Sea, near the Laccadives, 1000 fathoms). 
Depth 5 3/5; head 3. Snout 2 l/6 in head; eye 5 l/4, 2 l/3 in snout; 
maxillary reaches 3 1/5 to eye, expansion 2 3/5 in eye, length 6 l/5 in head; 
minute, acute, recurved uniserial teeth in premaxillaries and dentaries, no 
teeth on maxillary; interorbital low. Gill rakers moderately long. 
cody covered with minute, hardly imbricate, cycloid scales. Lateral line 
axial, complete. 
D. 21, origin slightly behind middle of anal base, fin height 5 7/8 in 
head; A. 41, fin height 4 3/4; caudal 2 l/8, deeply forked, with 14 to 18 
rudimentary rays well advanced; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 l/2; pect¬ 
oral 3 l/6; ventral 4 l/3. 
Head snow T/vhite. Iris black. Mouth, gill chamber and peritoneum intense 
black. Body chocolate. Fins blackish gray. Length 280 mm. (AlcockJ 
Indian Ocean. 
