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Genus Alcockldla Gilbert 
Aloockidia GILBERT, Bull* U, S. Fish Comm,, vol, 23, pt, 2, 
1903 (I905)t p* 586*^ Type Gavialiceps microps ALCOCK, ortho- 
typic. 
Body greatly elongate, tail tapering. Vent about snout length 
behind gill opening, near front end of long abdominal cavity. Bye 
small. Jaws form long slender bill. Sharp teeth on premaxillaries, 
vomer and dentaries. Gill openings close together wide. No lateral 
line. Dorsal feeble, scarcely evident, except posteriorly. Pectoral 
and inconspicuous knob, without any rays. 
