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Genus Alepisaurus Lowe 
Alepisaurus LOWS, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1, 1333, p. 104. 
Type Alepisaurus ferox LChTE, monotypic. 
Alepidosaurus gftllTHER, Oat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 5, 1364, p. 420. 
* -a. 
yype episaurus ferox LOWE. Emendation. 
PT_ng yodontis (STHLLER) PALLA3, Zool. Ross. Asiat., vol. <j, x8.1.1, 
p. 383. Atypio. Type Alepisaurus aesculapius BEAN, designated 
by JORDAN and EVERMANN, Genera of Fishes, pt. 1, 1917, p. 04. 
Inadmissible. 
Plagyodum PALLAS, Zool. Ross. Asiat., vol. 3, 1811, p. 363. Atypic. 
Type Alepisaurus aesculapius BEAN. 
Much enlarged. Tongue toothless. Gill rakers short, spine like. 
Gill membranes not united, free from isthmus. Dorsal rays more than 40, 
slender, simple, all depressible in deep groove, fin invisible when 
depressed. Adipose fi-n moderate. Tentrel nearly median, rays 9 to 13, 
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first simple and spine like. 
