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Sauromur&enesox vorax Alcock 
Sauromuraonesox vorax ALCOCK, Ann. Mag* Hat* Hist*, ser. 6, vol. 
4, 1889, p. 458. N. 20° 17* 30" E. 88° 51*, Bay of Bengal, 
193 fathoms; Illustrate Zool* Investigator, pt# 1, 1092* pi* 
6* fig* 3; Jourru Asiatic Soc* Bengal, vol* 65* pt* 2* 1896* 
p* 338 (reference); Cat* Deep Sea Fishes Indian Mus*, 1899* 
p* 203 (Bay of Bengal, 193 to 250 fathoms)* 
Depth 9 1/3, 5 1/5 to vent; head 2 l/s, 4 l/2 in total* Snout 5 
1/4 in head; eye 10, 2 in snout; mouth cleft 2 3/4 in head, extends eye 
diameter beyond eye; single row of close set, equal, acute, moderate teeth 
in each jaw, on maxillary very incomplete inner series of similar teeth; 
3 pairs of lower front canines, median very large and fit into notch above 
between premaxillaries and maxillaries when jaw closes; 3 smaller premax*- 
illary canines, project when mouth closes; row of 4 large equal canines 
on vomer* Gill opening long as combined snout and eye* 
lateral line ends in posterior half of tail* 
Dorsal origin little over snout length before gill opening; caudal 
very small; pectoral 3 l/4 in head* 
Chocolate above, whitish or silvery below# Vertical fins whitish# 
Pectoral dark brown, edged gray# Length 355 mm# (Alcock) 
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Bay of Bengal. 
