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Depth 10 1/2 to 12 l/4; head 9 3/5 to 13 l/2, width 1 7/8 
to 2 l/lO; head 5 l/8 to 5 l/3 to anal origin. Snout 3 l/4 to 
5 in head; eye 6 to 8 ,1 3/4 to 2 in snout, 2 to 2 1/4 in inter- 
orbital; mouth l/2 to eye, width 2 2/3 to 4 in head; small uni¬ 
serial compressed close set teeth in jaws; interorbital 2 3/5 to 
4 in head, well convex. Gill opening small horizontal slit below 
pectoral origin, length nearly equals eye, interspace between 
gill openings equals snout. 
Skin smooth, small linear embedded scales disposed obliquely 
to lateral line. 
Dorsal origin head length behind gill opening; anal origin 
well posterior; caudal 2 to 2 l/8 in head; pectoral 2 l/5 to 2 
l/2, low, upper median rays longest. 
Brown, nearly uniform. Fins often more brownish. 
North Atlantic and western Pacific. 
31669 U. S, N. M. Banquereaux. G. W. Scott. Length 390 mm. 
31727 U. S. N. M. N. 40 W. 68. Albatross Station. Length 
320 mm. 
