Genus AEmasla Jordan and Snyder 
AEmasl a JORDAN and SNYDER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
voi. ;%g, 1901, p. 883. Type AEmasla llohenosa 
JORDAN and SNYDER, orthotypic. 
Body robust, little less than tail. Head large. Snout 
pointed. Eye small, well advanced. Mouth cleft large, 
Jaws not completely closing. Teeth biserial, very sharp, 
mostly set vertically,, long slender canines in inner series 
and on vomer depressible. Teeth largest and biserial on vom¬ 
er. Nasal tubes short. Gill opening small, close below 
middle in body depth. Dorsal origin before gill opening. 
Coloration variega.ted. 
One species. Known by its "array of bristling teeth." 
