508 
Family SIMENCHELYIDAE 
Snout very obtuse. Mouth transverse, jaws very strong. No 
lips. Teeth blunt, pluriserial in young, uniserial with age, in 
jaws only. Tongue very large, with free edges. Hind nostril 
before eyes. Gill openings will developed, well separated, hori 
zontal, inferior. Br&nchiostegals long, bent upward behind. 
Skin with rudimentary embedded scales. Lateral line present. 
Pectoral with only 4 radials. 
