1592 
Bathysauropsis gracilis WAITE. Records Canterbury 
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Mus., vol. 1, No. 4, Dec. 28, 1912, p. 317 (refer- 
ence). — BARNARD, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 
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21, pt. 1, 1925, p. 230 (off Cape Point and Table 
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Bay, 475 to 1220 fathoms)..— PARR, Bull. Bingham 
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Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, Art. 3, Dec. 1928, p. 
18 (compiled). 
Depth 7 1/2; head 3 3/4, width 2. Snout 3 1/2 in head 
from snout tip; eye 4 2/3, 1 1/4 in snout, equal interorbital; 
maxillary extends 1/3 eye diameter behind eye, expansion 1 7/8 
in eye, length 1 7/8 in head from snout tip; interorbital 
4 2/3, flat. ^111 rakers close set, needle shaped, long as 
eye. 
Scales 60 in lateral line; 6 above, 4 below. 
♦ 
D. Ill, 8, I, first branched ray 1 1/2 in total head 
Length; adipose fin 7; A. Ill, 9, I, first branced ray 3; 
caudal 1 1/3; least depth of caudal base 5 1/4; pectoral 1 
1/5; ventral 2, outer rays sometimes dilated. 
♦ 
Uniformly blackish brown, fins lighter.. Length 242 mm. 
(Gttnther.) 
