1622 
Depth 6 1/8; head 3 3/4 to 4. Snout 2 1/2 to 2 2/3 
In head from snout tip; eye 12, 4 in snout; maxillary ex¬ 
tends 32/3 eye diameters behind eye, expansion equals 1 
1/2 eye diameters, length 1 1/2 in head from snout tip£ in¬ 
terorbital 2 1/2 to 2 2/3 moderately high. 
Scales 55 to 57 in lateral line; 7 above, 5? below. 
D. I, 13, I, first branched ray 1 1/5 in total head; 
adipose fin 9; A. 9, first ray 1 1/10; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3 1/5; P. rays 2 f 11 to 13, uppermost ray 1 3/4 in 
combined head and body without caudal, forked opposite adi¬ 
pose fin and aftershaft 1 3/4 in total head length; ventral 
1 3/4 in body without caudal, nearly reaches caudal lase, 2 
outermost rays little prolonged and.ends dilated; caudal 2 
4/5, 2 lowest rays little prolonged and ends dilated, fin 
without lower notch. 
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Brownish. Gill opening purplish. Length 300 mm. 
(Gi1chris t, Barnard.) 
Off South Africa. 
