Dspth 5 3/4; head 3 l/4, width 2 2/5. Snout 3 1/8 in head; 
eye 4, 1 l/4 in snout, 1 in interorbital; preoral profile concave, 
length 3 l/2 in head; maxillary reaches nearly opposite hind eye edge, 
length from front end 3 2/3 in head; mandibular barbel 3 l/2 in eye; 
fceeth in villifom bands, fine, 4 or 5 irregularly in transverse oount; 
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interorbital 4, low or very slightly convex. Gill rakers 1+9 short 
spineseent tubercles on second arch, l/5 of gill filaments, which l/2 
of eye. 
Scales (pockets) 80 in lateral line to pseudocaudal; 7 above, 
15 below, 16 predorsal forward till opposite hind eye edge. Scales 
with 4 rows of rather large spinules, first spine only extended little 
behind scale edge; circuli coarse, complete* 
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==* secon< * simple ray slender, entire, length 1 
7/8 in head; interdorsal space 3 l/2; A. 75, fin height 5 l/2; pectoral 
rays 19, fin 2 l/4 in head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 2 3/5. 
Brown, with brassy and silvery tints on side of head and body, 
especially forward. Head rather paler than body. Iris pale, gray above 
Inside mouth pale. Lower surface of mandible, breast, chest and belly 
dark neutral gray. Inside gill opening blackish brown, pale will inside 
Pins brownish. 
Gulf of Panama. 
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U. S. N. M., No. 57863. Lat. 7 0 16 , 45"N., long. 79°56*30 ,, W., 
Gulf of Panama, in 210 fathoms. 
Albatross Collection (D.3389). Length 160 mm. 
