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Genue I lyophi s Gilbert 
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I lyophi s GILBERT, Proc. U. S. H a t. Mus., vol. 14, 1892, p. 
351. Type Ilyop his bru nneus GILBERT, monotypic. 
No lips. Lower jaw strong. Teeth on had and shaft of vom- 
et* continuous. Tongue little developed, with narrow free edge. 
Nostrils lateral, anterior with short tube near snout tip, post- 
erior close before eye. Gill openings horizontal, inferior, well 
separated. Branchiostegals 15, not shortened, some curved around 
and above opercle. Body scaly. Lateral line prominent. Dorsal 
and anal confluent, rather high, rays visible through skin. Dor¬ 
sal well advanced, begins immediately behind pectoral bases. 
Anal origin near end of anterior end of body. 
Resembles S ynaphobranchus , with separated gill slits. Long 
bowed branchiostegal rays as in Simenchelys. 
