1560 
Halosaurus guntheri Goode and Bean 
Haiosaurus guntherl GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 
1895, p. 131. N. 39° 13* W. 70° 1', 594 fathoms. 
— JORDAN and EVERMANN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 47, pt. 1896, p. 608 (copied). 
Depth 12 3/4 to 19, 7 to 8 1/2 to vent; head 7 to 7 1/4 
in total, 3 1/3 to 3 3/5 to vent, width 3. Snout to eye 
* 
2 2/5 in head; orbit 4 1/2 to 5; eye 5 1/2 to 7 3/5, 2 2/5 to 
3 in snout, subequal with interorbital; maxillary reaches 
4/5 to 9/10 to orbit, length from snout tip 2 3/5 to 2 3/4 in 
head; teeth in jaws villiform, also 2 palatine bands closely 
approximated; interorbital 5 1/2 to 7 3/5, low or but slightly 
convex. Gill rakers 349, rather robust, equal gill fila- 
ments or 2 1/3 in eye. 
Scales 67 to 70 in lateral series to vent; 47 large 
scales in lateral line to vent; 14 or 15 above, 3 below, 40 
to 48 predorsal to occiput. Entire top of head and postocular 
scaly. Fins all more or less scaly, especially basally. Scales 
with 9 to 11 basal radiating striae. 
