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Ncrtacanth us js pi no^ > u ^> Garman 
Notacanthus solnosus GARMAN, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 
vol. 24, 1899, p. 301, pi. L, figs. 4, a~b. N. 7° 
31*30" W. 79°14», 458 fathoms; N. 7°9'45" W. 80°50«, 
322 fathoms, Gulf of Panama. 
Depth 8 1/6, 3 to vent; head 5 to caudal base, 1 7/8 to 
vent, width 3, Snout 4 2/5 in head; eye 6 1/8, 1 1/5 in snout 
exceeds interorbital; maxillary reaches 1/5 in eye, with mod¬ 
erately small spine, length 3 1/3 in head; teeth fine, uni¬ 
serial, uniform slender, pointed, in jaws and on palatines; 
interorbital 6 1/2, little convex. Gill rakers 3-9, short 
points, l/2 of gill filaments, which 1 l/2 in eye. 
Scales minute, adherent. Lateral line axial, extends 
nearly to last 2/5 of tail. 
D. IX, first spine inserted little behind ventral origin, 
last spine 5 in head; A, XVII, 108?, caudal 7 in head; pect- 
oral 1 3/5, reaches 7/8 to ventral; ventral 2 3/5, fins con¬ 
fluent. 
Brown. Iris gray. Opercle gray brown. Inside mouth and 
gill opening blackish brown. Fins pale brown. 
Gulf of Panama. 
