627 
Genus Veternio Snyder 
L * J ** ,M . .. ••11 V. •MtMMMW 
3NYDSR, Bull. U. 3. Fish Comm., vol. 22, 1902 
(1904), p. 516. Type Veternio verus S NYDER, mono- 
typic. 
Body elongate, compressed, much less than tail. Head 
ft 
xoug, onout long, pointed, nye large, well advanced. Mouth 
cleft extends behind eye, lower jaw 7 shorter. No teeth. 
Tongue free. Nostrils not tubular, anterior near snout tip, 
with narrow' rims, posterior oblong and near eyes. Gill ooen- 
^ j1 ~ e P ar ^®^ith broad 1 unate slits# Vortical fins con- 
% # 
fluent, dorsal inserted over pectoral base. Pectoral placed 
rather low, large. 
