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Depth 7 in head; head 3 1/8 to vent, width 7 3/4 in its length; com¬ 
bined head and trunk equals broken tail* S nou t i 7/8 in head; proboscis 
to mandible end 2 1/2 in snout; eye 10 in head from firm end of snout, 
6 in snout, greatly exceeds narrow interorbital; maxillary reaches oppo¬ 
site hind eye edge, length from firm snout end 1 4/5 in head; teeth in 
villiform bands in jaws; interorbital 2 in eye, slightly convex* Gill 
opening about long as eye, much greater than interspace* 
Lateral line distinct* 
Dorsal origin little before gill opening, fin height 6 in head; anal 
lower, fin height 8 3 / 4 . 
Brown. Iris grayish, 
uulf Stream, off California, Celebes Sea, Philippines* The above 
account from my largest example, though minus end of tail. 
