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Genus Avocettlnops Roule and Berlin 
AvoceItinops ROULE and BERLIN^ Danish Dana Exped* Oceanogr* Rep# 
No* 4f Sept# 19^9» p# 30# Type Avocettlnops sohmidti ROULE 
and BERTIN# orthotypic# 
Body elongate, hand like# Trunk at first and behind head with 
narrow collor# Snout acuminatot little less than 1/3 of head# Eye 
large# Lower jaw shorter# Mouth cleft reaches hind eye edge# No 
teeth# Front nostril in rather long tube directed forward, falls 
about last third in snout# Hind nostril little posterior nearly 
level with upper eye edge# Gill opening in lower half of body depth# 
Lateral line single row of large pores# Dorsal begins little before 
gill opening# Pectorals well developed, each of 2 parallel rows of 
rays# Caudal present# 
