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Bathypteroi s ater Gilchrist 
Bathypterois ater GILCHRIST, Marine Invest. South 
Africa, vol. 4, 1906, p. 167, pi. 49. Off Cape 
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Point, in 900 fathoms. — BARNARD, Ann. South African 
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Mus., vol. 21, June 1925, p. 234, pi. 9, fig. 6 
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(copied). —■ PARR, Bull. Bingham ©ceanogr. Collection, 
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vol. 3, art. 3, Dec. 1928, p. 26 (compiled). 
Depth 5 1/2; head 4 7/8. ^nout 3 2/5 in head from snout 
tip; eye 10 3/4, 3 in snout; maxillary extends 3 eye diameters 
behind eye, expansion equal to 1 1/2 eye diameters, length 
1 3/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 2 1/2, rather high. 
Scales 63 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on 
latter, 5 above, 4 below. 
