Bathymvrus echinorhynchus Alcock 
Bathymyrus echinorhynchus ALCOCK, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 
vol. 58 , pt, 2, 1889, p. 305, pl» 22, fig. 6, Sixteen miles 
east of the mouth of Devi river in the Mahanaddi delta in 68 
fathoms; vol. 65, pt. 2, 1896, p. 337 (reference). 
Depth 2 3/4 in head; head, excluding branchiostegal region, 7 in 
total; head and trunk 2 in tail. Snout 6 in head to gill opening above 
eye 6 2/3, 1 1/8 in snout; mouth cleft reaches hind eye edge, length 3 
in head; interorbital low. Gill opening about 4. 
Dorsal rather low, begins close behind pectoral base; caudal well 
developed, tip truncate; pectoral placed in upper half of body depth, 
length 2 1/4 in head. 
Transparent gray, with numerous specks of black. Length 267 mm. 
(Alcock.) 
Bay of Bengal. 
