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^ Soopelarohoides nicholsi Parr 
Scopelerchoides nicholsi PARR, Occas. Pap. Bingham Oceanogr. 
Collection, No. 2, 1929, p. 16. N. 16°14* W. 99°35»30 rt , 1800 
fathoms; Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 2, art. 4, 
Oct. 1931, p. 35, fig. 15 (types; N. 24°7* W. 108°40», 286 fethoms; 
N. 11°5» W. 89°20 , 45«, 2000 fathoms; Pacific). 
Depth 5 3/4; head 3 3/5. Snout to orbit 4 1/4 in head from snout tip; 
orbit 3 1/8, greater than snout; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge, 
2 in head from snout tip. 
D. 6 or 7, fin height 1 1/5 in total head length; adipose fin 2 1/8; 
A. 21 to 23, fin height 1 4/5; caudal 1; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 1/8; 
pectoral 2 l/5; ventral 1 1/2. Length 115 mm. without caudal. (Parr.) 
Pacific, off Mexico. 
