1353 
Depth 24 1/5, 9 to anal; head 8 in total, 3 to anal, 
width 3 3/5. Snout to eye 2 1/3 in head; orbit 5 1/4; eye 
7 3/5, 3 1/5 in snout, 1 in Interorbital; maxillary reaches 
eye, length from snout tip 2 1/4 in head; interorbital 7 3/5, 
low, nearly level. G-ill rakers 5-11, rather robust, lan¬ 
ceolate, 1/2 in eye; gill filaments 3/4 of gill rakers. 
Scales 25? enlarged in lateral line to anal and at 
least dozen more along front of anal base. Top of head! scale- 
less. Scales very caducous, most all fallen. 
D. II, 9, I, first branched ray 2 3/4 in head, origin 
at first eighth between ventral and anal origins; third anal 
ray 4 2/5? in head; tail long, slender, tapering to slender 
filament; pectoral 3; ventral 3. 
Body pale brown. Head neutral dusky. Iris grayish. 
Inside mouth and gill openings blackish. Fins pale brownish, 
Atlantic Ocean. 
42105 U. S. N. M. Museum Hist. Nat. Paris 85 4 387. 
Length 443 mm. 
