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Bathycongrus bleekeri new species 
Depth 13 1/4 to caudal base, 2 3/4 in head; head 5 1/4 to cau¬ 
dal base, 1 7/8 to vent, head width 3 1/5 in its length; combined 
head and trunk 2 in tail. Snout 4 l/8 in head; eye 4 l/8, equals 
snout, over twice interorbital; mouth cleft reaches opposite middle 
of eye, length 2 3/5 in head; upper jaw protrudes nearly 2/5 snout 
length beyond front of lower jaw; lips with rather broad lateral 
folds; teeth simple, conic, small, uniserial in jaws; small patch 
of similar teeth on head of vomer; 2 rows of exposed premaxillary 
teeth on under surface of snout; interorbital low, width 8 in head, 
level.. Gill opening 5 2/3 in head, vertical slit before and be¬ 
low ■pectoral. 
Lateral line distinct, complete. 
Dorsal origin slightly before gill opening, fin height 3 in 
head, caudal 4 1/8; anal fin height Sj pectoral length 2 1/2. 
Largely uniform pale brown. Muzzle pale or whitish, iris 
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gray. Gill opening pale.. Along or close below some very inconspic 
uous scattered minute black spots or dots, -fins uniform pale brown 
Diagnosis . Related to Bathycongrus squaliceps and jA muste^ 
liceos but differing in its larger eye and coloration. 
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