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Lepidion verecundum Jordan and Cramer 
Lepidion verecundum JORDAN and CRAMER, Proc. TJ. S, Rat, Mus., 
vol. 19, p. 456, 1896 (type locality: near Clarion Island, 
Revillagigedo Group, Mexico, 364 fathoms). —-JORDAN and 
EVERMAM, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 47, pt. 3, p. 2543, 
1898 (type). 
Genus Halargyreus Glint her 
Halargyreus GtlNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 4, p. 342, 
1862. (Type Halargyreus johnsonii GtlNTHER, monotypic.) 
Body elongate. Head rather long, compressed. Snout obtusely 
conic. Mouth cleft wide, jaws equal in front. Maxillary reaches below 
hind part of eye. Teeth minutely villiform, in bands in jaws, none on 
palate. Pseudobranchiae glandular, rudimentary, covered by membrane. 
Branchiostegals 7. Scales small. Dorsals 2. Anals 2, subcontinuous. 
Caudal separate. Ventral rays several. 
