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Body exceedingly elongate, slender, tapers towards tail* Head rather 
stout. Jaws prolonged as slender straight bill, not expanded at tip* 
Eyes large* Jaws and vomer with small close set teeth, points directed 
backward* Tongue not free* Nostrils close together, near eye* Grill 
openings wide, extend down and forward, nearly confluent* No scales* 
Dorsal origin above gill opening* -“nal origin close behind vent* 
Pectorals well developed* Vent below pectorals* 
Bathypelagic in tropical seas* 
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