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Genus Mstcdonaldla Goode and 8@an 
Macdonaldla GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p. 
171. Type Notacanthus rostratus COLLETT, designated 
1 in »•" - rnirnn mmmammiwui H mm** nm**m *■ .mm* f W 
by JORDAN, Genera of Fishes, pt. 4, 1920, p. 465. 
Body elongate. Snout moderate. Teeth in jaws erect, 
fine, also series on vomer and palate. Body and head cover¬ 
ed with minute imbricated scales. Line of pores on inner 
mandibular edge. Lateral line straight, conspicuous. Dorsal 
of numerous, short, straight, robust, disjoined spines, 27 to 
36, first before pectoral origin. Anal with longer portion 
of few short, slightly curved, disjoined spines, 35 to 55, 
passing to flexible rays below last dorsal spines. Pectoral 
moderate, placed far back, below middle line of body, remote 
from lateral line. Ventral moderate, fins entirely separate. 
