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Genus Nematoprora Gilbert 
Nematoprora GILBEET, ^ull, U. S. Fish Comm,, vol, 23, pt, 2, 1903, 
( 1905 )t p* 587* Type Nematoprora polygonifera GILBERT, mono- 
typic. 
Body greatly elongate compressed, tapers at both ends, constriction 
before anal very short and form only very short trunk. Head extremely 
slender, but slightly deeper than neck, Sye small. Just before last 
fourth in head. Jaws very slender, ends recurved. Mouth cleft extends 
but slightly behind eye. Teeth pavement like, with slightly rounded 
surfaces and arranged on oblique series. Nostrils round pores, hind one 
above and behind front one. Gill opening wide? Tail ends in long 
filament. Dorsal begins on nape little before gill opening. Pectoral 
short, broad. 
