1578 
Brownish, under surfaces paler with silvery white tints. 
All of belly and breast sprinkled with numerous fine dusky 
close set dots. Head rather pale brown. Iris grayish, with 
paler shades. Inside gill opening dusky. Fins brownish, 
front basal part of dorsal and ventral with 3 inner rays and 
upper part of axil blackish. Caudal dusky basally. Small 
examples show whole body more or less finely dotted with 
blackish to dusky, often following in transversely oblique 
series. Back with 10 dark obscure saddles, variably pro¬ 
minent . 
Pacific Ocean. 
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47697 U. S, N. M. Albatross Station 3475. Length 75 mm. 
47715 U. S. N. M. Albatross Station 3476. Length 165? 
mm., caudal broken. Type. Also 2 paratypes, 104 to 
113 mm. 
55258 U. S. N. M. Albatross Station. Length 74 to 190 
mm. 12 examples. 
