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Family Evermannellidae 
Body oblong to elongate, compressed. Head large. Snout short. 
Eye large, orbital cavity expanded downward. Mouth large, widely cleft. 
Teeth unequal. Large canines slender, barbed, form regular series in 
lower jaw. Gill opening very wide. Pseudobranchiae well developed. No 
air vessel. Body naked. Skull considerably expanded behind narrow inter¬ 
orbital. Vertebrae 52, ribs on short processes. Scales absent. No 
luminous organs. Dorsal premedian, advanced near or before ventral. Adipose 
fin present. Caudal forked. Faired fins moderate. 
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Genus Evermannella Fowler 
EvermflTinella FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1901, p. 211. 
Type Scopelus balbo RISSG = Odontostomus hyalinus C0CC0. 
Evermannella F07JLER proposed to replace Qdcntostomus C0G00. (Precludes 
Evermannella EIGENMANN 1903-) 
Odontostomus (not BEGK 1037) COCCO, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna, 
vol. 2, 1838, p. 192. Type Odontostomus hyalinus COCGO, 
monotypic. 
Coccorella ROULE, 
