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1840* Type Gonostomus ovatus COCCO, 
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C boo la GUNTHER, C.at# Fishes firit# lus., vol#5, 1864, p#337# Type Gonostoraus 
ovatus COCCO, monotypic• 
Body ovate, compressed# xi ead compressed# Nyo moderate, lateral, directed 
upward, telescopic# louth cleft snail# Entire lower law received between 
dilated, maxillaries. Premaxiliaries very small, Maxillary forms nearly whole 
edge of tipper .law, with sharp and minute serrated edge, tew minute teeth near 
mandibular symphysis. Palate toothless. Interorbital exceedingly narrow 
ridge between eyes. Gill opening wide, -ill ralcers short, few. Eranchioste- 
gals 10. Scales present, cycloid. Photophores conspicuous, in 2 series each 
side of abdomen. Body covered with silvery pigment. Eorsal rays 11 or 12, 
origin nearly median or before ventr&ls# Long low adipose fin# Anal 15 to 17, 
origin well behind dorsal# Caudal forked# Haired fins present# 
Ichth yococcus ovatus (Cocco) 
Gonostomus ovatus COCCO, Nuov. Arm# Sci. hat# Bologna, vol#2, 1838, p#169, 
pi.5, fig#3# Messina. 
Ichthyococcus o vatus BONAPARTE, Iconogr.Fauna It&lica, vol#2, pt#l, Pesci, 
fasc.97, 1840, descr., pi#, fig.3 (Italy); Gat. Metod# Peso. Purop., 1846, 
p#37 (Mediterranean). - YAILLANT, Exped# Sci# Travailleur et Talisman, 
Poiss., 1888, p#104, pl#14, figs.2 - a (coasts of Morocco, 2030 meters; 
off Portugal, 950 meters). - MOREAU, Hist# Nat# Poiss# France, Suppl., 
1891, p#lll; Manuel Ichth# France, 1892, p#559 (Mediterranean, Nice)# - 
GOODE and BEAM, ^cenic Ichth., 1895, p.95, pl#30, fig.113 (copied)# - 
BRAUER, Deutsch. -’iefsee Exped# Valdivia, vol# 15, Tiefsee - Fische, 1906, 
