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(outline). S. 18 ° 37 ’ E. 10 0 46 ’, 73 meters; S. 15 ° 55 * E. 10 ° 35 ' 
600 to 700 meters; S. 5 ° 54 ’ E. 11 ° 19 ' , 150 meters; S. 2 ° 13 * E. 
q ° 52 ’ , 71 meters; S. 2 43 * 30 11 00 56 ’ 30 , 125 to 175 
meters; S. 00 ° 56 ' W. 14 ° 8 ' 30 " , 125 to 175 meters; S. 00 ° 56 ' 
14 ° 8 ’ 30 " , 250 meters. 
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Depth of body 4 2/3 to 5 l/2 in length, length of head 3 4/5 to 4 l/5. 
Diameter of eye 2 l/2 to 2 3/4 in length of head, interocular width about 3, 
interorbital width about 5. Dorsal 12; origin equidistant from base of caudal 
and anterior part or middle of eye. Anal 14 - 15 (? 16); origin about equidist 
from base of caudal and insertion of pelvic or nearer the latter, 3 1/4 to 4 
times as distant from end of snout as from base of caudal; length of base 7 to 
nearly 8 times in that of fish. Pelvics 8 rayed, inserted below middle of 
dorsal. About 39 scales in a longitudinal series. Brownish above, silvery 
below; operculum silvery black. 
Bathylagus nigrigenys Parr 
Bathylagus nigrigenys PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Dollection, vol.2, art.4, 
Oct. 1931, p.4, fig.2. II. 20 ° 48 ’ 15 " W. 106 ° 11 ’ 50 " , 540 fathoms 
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N. 16 ° 14 1 W. 99 ° 36 1 30 " , 625 fathoms. 
Depth 4 7/8; head 4. Snout to eye 4 l/3 in head; eye 4, greater than 
snout; orbit 3 l/3; maxillary scarcely more than half way to eye; mouth 
small, almost entirely transverse; premaxillary teeth minute, dentaries with 
fairly well developed teeth, irregular group at front end of vomer. Gill 
rakers 2 . 
Scales 40 to 45 (?) in lateral series. 
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