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^Po lyaoa nth o no t u s_ v aillantl j iew species 
Notacanthus rlssoanus (not FILIPPI a.nd VERANY) VAILLANT, 
Exped. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, Poiss., 1888, p. 
335, pi. 27, fig. 1 (part). 
Depth 9 1/3, 3 1/2 to vent; head 8 1/3 to caudal ba.se, 
3 to vent, width 3 1/6. Snout 3 l/4 in head; eye 5, 1 1/2 in 
snout, greatly exceeds interorbital; maxillary reaches eye, 
length 3 in head; single row of very small uniform teeth in 
jaws and on palatines, series of each continuous; bony inter¬ 
orbital 10 1/2, low, depressed. Gill rakers 4 4 16?, lan¬ 
ceolate, short, 2/3 of gill filaments, which 1 2/3 in eye. 
Scales minute, adherent, but little imbricated. Lateral 
line axial, extends to last fourth of tail. 
D. XXXVII, first spine inserted over middle of depressed 
pectoral; A. LVI, 120?; caudal 8? in head; pectoral 2 2/5; 
ventral 2 l/2, separated. 
Uniform brown. Iris neutral gray. Inside mouth and 
gill opening blackish. Fins pale brown. 
