3328 
Depth 5 1/4; head 4 1/2, width 1 7/3. Snout 3 1/6 in head from 
snout tip; eye 2 2/5, directed superiorly, greatly exceeds snout and 
narrow bony interorbital; maxillary extends back opposite hind eye edge, 
length 1 1/8 in head from snout tip; upper jaw teeth all uniformly small, 
with 3 canines anteriorly larger and depressible; mandible with outer row 
of small teeth and inner row of depressible fangs, second and third longest; 
narrow bony interorbital width 3 1/2 in eye. Gill rakers as row of minute 
” r 
points or asperities; gill filaments long as eye. 
Scales 47 in median lateral series to caudal base, greatly larger than 
others or depth at anal origin 2 4/5 in body depth at same point; 3 scales 
above lateral lihe scales, 4 below, 13 predorsal to occipital ridge. Scales 
very caducous, most all having fallen except some in lateral line. In 
.structure scales simple, thin, entire. 
D. I, 6, second branched ray 2 1/3 in total head length; adipose-fin 
2 1/4; A. II, 25, I, first branched ray 2; caudal 1, well forked, lobes 
rather rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 3/4; pectoral 1 1/8; 
ventral 2 l/lO. 
Light brownish, scale pockets on back darker. Iris slate gray. 
Fins all pale to whitish. 
3870. D. 5618. 
March Island, S. 69° E., 7.8 miles (N. 0°37» E. 127°15»), 
Molucca Passage. 
In 417 fathoms. November 27, 1909. Length 110 mm. 
