1334 
Depth 6 to vent; head 2 3/5 to vent, width 4. Snout 
2 in head; eye 11 3/4, 5 3/4 in snout, 1 2/3 in interor¬ 
bital; maxillary reaches 9/10 to eye, length from snout tip 
2 1/8 in head; palatine teeth in crescentic bands, rather 
widely separated from pterygoid band; interorbital 6 2/5, 
low. 
Scales 24 enlarged in lateral line to vent; 13 above. 
Postocular scaly. Fins scaleless. Nearly all scales lost, 
only some in lateral line remain. 
D. 10, third ray 3 in head, fin origin at first 2/5 
between ventral and anal origins; first anal ray 4 4/5 in 
head; pectoral 2 1/8; ventral 3 1/2, rays 9 or 10. 
Light colored, lower part of head and gill cover black 
Abdominal region blackish. Length 500 mm. (G-tinther.) 
Atlantic Ocean. 
