1320 
Depth 9, 3 1/2 to vent; head 6 In total, 2 1/3 to vent, 
width 2 1/2. Snout 4 in head; eye 4 7/8, 1 1/4 in snout, 
less than interorbital; maxillary reaches 1/2 in eye, ex¬ 
pansion 2 2/5 in eye, length 2 1/2 in head; 20 teeth on each 
side of upper jaw. 
Scales minute, smooth, imbricate and adherent. 
D. VIII or IX; A. XV to XVIII, 150; pectoral 2 1/4 in 
head, rays 9; ventral 2 7/8 in head, rays I, 7, confluent. 
Color uniform. Length 290 mm. (Gttnther.) 
South Atlantic and south eastern Pacific Oceans. 
