Body elongate, compressed. Head compressed, with broad septate 
canals covered by membrane, upper profile curved. Snout rather obtuse. 
No mandibular barbel. Band of villiform teeth in each jaw. Palate tooth¬ 
less. Gill opening far forward, membranes joined across isthmus. Gill 
rakers about 19 below, long, slender. Pseudobranchiae rudimentary, covered 
with membrane. Branchiostegals 7. Scales moderate, deciduous. Two dorsals, 
interspace very narrow, first fin high with numerous rays and second not 
deeply incised. Anal divided in two, first short and high, followed by long 
series of short rays, increasing in length backward. Caudal free. Pectorals 
pointed, over half of head. ,Ventrals with narrow bases, each of 5 filamentous 
rays of which anterior divided in two. 
Related to Halargyreus, differing in the anal fin almost divided 
into two instead of notched. Also differs in form of its ventrals. 
^Euclichthys polynemus McCulloch 
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Euclichthys polyn emus MC CULLOCii, Biol. Res. Endeavour , vol. 
5, pt. 4, p. 174, pi. 44, fig. 2, June 8, 1926 (type locality: 
Great Australian Bight, 190 to 450 fathoms); Austral. Mus. Mem., 
no. 5, pt. 1, p. 129, June 29, 1929 (reference). 
