1324 
Depth 9 3/4, 3 3/4 to anal; head 8 to anal, 3 1/6 to 
anal. Snout to eye 3 1/2 in head; orbit 5 1/6; eye 6 1/2, 
1 7/8 in snout, 1 3/5 in interorbital; maxillary reaches 1/2 
in eye, length 2 1/3 in head; as viewed below upper lip 
horse shoe shaped, with deep narrow grooves; interorbital 
5 1/6, convex. Apparently no gill rakers; gill filaments 
equal orbit. 
Scales very small, adherent. Lateral line axial, con¬ 
tinuous to middle of tail. 
D. V, 5, second branched ray 2 1/8 in head; A. XLI, 88, 
of rays anterior 10 stiff though articulated and branched, 
longest ray 3 2/5 in head; caudal 4; pectoral 1 2/3; ventral 
1 4/5, rays III, 7, fins not confluent. 
Uniform light brown. Iris dark neutral, gray. Inside 
mouth and gill openings blackish. Under side of gill covers 
dark, showing dark at edges of grayish opercles. Fins, 
brownish. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
39212 U. S. N. M. N. 37° 46* 30" W. 73° 56' 30". In 
865 fathoms. Albatross Station 2742. Length 446 mm. 
Type. 
