1004 
Depth 78 1/2; head 17 1/3, 12 1/3 to vent, width 5 in 
its length; tail 2 1/2 in combined head and trunk, s nout 
6 4/5 in head from snout tip; mouth cleft 5, extends about 
2 eye diameters beyond very small rudimentary eye, which 
5 in snout and 3 1/2 in interorbital; teeth conic, pointed, 
recurved, uniserial in Jaws, rather large anteriorly; inter- 
orbital 9 7/8 in head, convex* Gill opening 10 3/4, about 
equal to interspace. 
Dorsal and ansi as very low rudimentary folds contin¬ 
uous with low or short rounded caudal at posterior portion 
of tall; no pectoral, though front edge of gill opening 
with very short or low marginal flap concealing gill open- 
ing. 
Uniform brown. Iris gray. 
East Indies, Philippines, Japan, Micronesia, Polynesia, 
Hawai1• 
8428. Pandanon Island. March 24, 1909. Length 1030 mm. 
