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I^iniaia plicat ellu s (Gilbert) 
Ateleopus plicatellur GILBERT, Bull, U, S, Fish Comm., vol. 
23, pt, 2, p, 653, fig, 253, 1903 (1905) (type locality; 
Pailolo Channelj off south coast of Oahuj 257 to 684 fathoms), 
—FOWLER, Mem, Bishop Mus,, vol. 10, p, 71, 1928 (type), 
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Genus Parateleoous Smith and Radcliffe 
Parateleopus SMITH and RADCLIFFE, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., vol. 
43, p. 139, 1912, (Type Parateleopus microstomus SMITH and 
RADCLIFFE, orthotypic.) 
Body and tail compressed, tapering. Head long as trunk. Snout 
fleshy, pointed, protrudes beyond mouth. Mouth small, semicircular, 
horizontal. Lips fleshy. Upper :f m with band of small teeth, lower and 
palate toothless. No strong bony protuberance above and beSoind eye. 
Gill rakers few. No pseudobranchiae. No scales. Lateral line inconspicuous, 
pores wide set. Dorsal rays 3. 
Parateleopus microstomus Smith and Radcliffe 
Parateleopus microstomus SMITH and RADCLIFFE, Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., vol. 43, p. 140, fig. 11, 1912 (type locality; near 
Makyan Island, Dutch East Indies, 275 fathoms). —WEBER and 
BEAUFORT, Fishes Indo Austral. Archip, vol. 5, p. 3, fig. 1, 1929 
