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Family MACFOCEPHENCHELYIDAE 
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Body greatly elongated. Head small, narrow, obtuse. Vent far 
advanced. Snout short, wide. Bye in front part of head. Mouth small, 
broad, not reaching beyond eye. Teeth form small dental areas, acute, 
small, numerous, crowded, in Jaws and on vomer. No tongue. Front 
nostril tubular, near front of snout, lateral and hind nostril slit 
close above upper part of eye. Gill opening small slit, close below 
pectoral base. No scales. Lateral line complete. Dorsal origin 
advanced to middle of short trunk, confluent with caudal and anal. 
Pectorals present. 
One genus. Belated to the Leptocephalidae and Neenchelidae, 
(iiFYsring in the entirely different aspect due to the very short muzzle, 
advanced eye, modified preorbital, thick lips, feeble dentition, reduced 
infero lateral gill openings below the pectorals, short mouth cleft and 
comparatively long pectorals. 
