1018 
Body exceedingly long, slender, scarcely compressed, 
depth 40 to 55. Head moderate, pointed, length 12 to 17. 
Snout acutely rounded. Eye small, median in mouth cleft. 
Teeth entire, conic, compressed, partly depressible. 
Posterior nostril without tube. G-ill opening median 
j.n body depth. Dorsal begins well before gill opening, 
very numerous rays 628, anal rays 335. 
One species, remarkably for its very long slender 
body. 
