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_^Bathycongrus^megalopsnew species 
Depth 3 in hea.d, 19 to caudal base; head 6 1/3 in. its length; 
combined-head and trunk 1 4/5 in tail to caudal base. Snout 3 3/5 
xn head; eye 5, 1 2/5 in snout, over twice interorbital; mouth cleft 
reaches ^/5 in eye, length 2 5/4 in head; teeth conic, in narrow bands, 
largely small, only anterior little enlarged; premaxillary with broad 
exposed band, in about 5 irregular series, before glosed mandible 
tip; xew small teeth on front of vomer with median one little en¬ 
larged and prominent; interorbital 12 1/2, narrow, concave. Gill 
opening 7 1/2, before and below pectoral base. 
Lateral line axial, complete, prominent. 
Dorsal origin opposite forst fifth of depressed pectoral, fin 
height 3 2/5 in head; anal fin height 5; caudal 4 1/4, pointed; 
pectoral 2 4/5. 
Uniform pale brownish, slightly paler to whitish on under sur¬ 
face of head and belly. Inside mouth and gill openings whitish. Iris 
grayish. Opercles with large dark brown area. Fins all pale brown, 
edge of dorsal grayish or darker terminally. Anal and pectoral uni¬ 
formly pale. 
Diagnosis. Related to Bath ycongr ess roosendaal 'i Weber and 
Beaufort chiefly in its long caudal, dentition, mouth cleft, etc., 
though differs in the greatly larger orbit, slightly backward dorsal 
origin and longer pectoral. 
