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Depth 25 3/5 to 26, 8 2/5 to 8 l/2 to vent; head 3 l/5 to 
3 l/3, 9 l/4 to 10 in total, width 3 to 3 l/5 in its length; head 
and trunk 2 to 2 l/lO in tail. Snout 6 to 6l/5 in head; eye 4 l/2 
to 5 3/4, little greater than snout or interorbital; mouth cleft 
reaches opposite hind eye edge, length 3 to 3 l/5 in head; inter¬ 
orbital 7 to 7 1/2, level. Gill opening 7-l/2 to 11. 
Dorsal origin about pectoral length before anal origin; 
caudal about 2/3 length of eye diameter; pectoral 3 3/5 to 3 7/8 
in head. 
Brown, jaw with slight dusky tinge, pharynx pale or brownish 
white, abdomen dark to dusky or neutral gray. Iris dark gray. 
Fins all very light brown to brownish white. 
Diagnosis . Contained in genus. 
Type N o. U. S. N. M. 
D. 5185. Lusaran Light, N. 23°E., 25.50 miles (N. 10®5» E. 122* 
18* 30”), between Panay and Negros, in 638 fathoms. March 30, 
1909. Length 95 to 115 mm., largest of 5 examples and type. 
D. 5129. Dulunguin Point, N. 44*E., 3.80 miles (N. 7*41* 30" 
E. 122®1’ 45"), Sulu Sea off western Mindanao. In 100 fathoms. 
February 5, 1908. Length 119 mm. 
(For Oscar Cartier, who studied Philippine fishes in 1873.) 
