(900. 
CaejLorhipohus macrolegis Gilbert and Hubbs 
Coelorhynchus maerolepis Gilbert and &ibbs, Bull. U. S. Nat. &us., No. 
100, vol. 1, p. 477, fig. 14, 1920 (type locality t vicinity of 
southern Luzon; Balayan Bay; 193 to 233 fathoms). 
Depth 5 1/3; head 2 9/l0, width 2 1/8# Snout to eye 2 l/3 
J. 
in head; eye 33/4, 1 l/3 in snout, 1 l/5 times interorbital; maxil¬ 
lary reaches l/2 in eye, length from front end 4 l/5 in head; mandib- 
ular barbel l/4 of eye; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, of 5 or 6 > 
irregular rows; interorbital 5 l/4 in head, low and nearly level anter- 
) 
iorly with concave median depression. Gill rakers 0+6 low spinesoent 
tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill filaments, which 3 2/5 in eye. 
Scales 48 in lateral line to rather large pseudocaudal; 5 
above, 9? below, 10 predorsal forward to occiput. Scales with 9 to 11 
r 
parallel or scarcely radiating spinuliferous apical keels, last spinules 
extending beyond scale edges; circuli coarse, complete. 
D. II, 9_37, second simple ray entire, slender, 2 in head; 
interdorsal space 3 3/4; A. 43, fin height 4; pseudocaudal 3 7/8; pec¬ 
toral rays 15, fin 2 in head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 2 l/2. 
Light brown, head paler, especially below. Breast and belly 
dark neutral gray. Iris grayish. Inside mouth and gill opening black¬ 
ish brown. Fins brownish. Ventrals darker or tinged with dusky. 
Philippines. 
U. S. N. M., No. 78220. Sombrero Island, S.41°E., 4.50 miles 
(lat. 13*45*15”N., long. 120“46'SO 1 ^.), China Sea off southern Luzon. 
§??if&thoms. January 16, 1908. Length 138 mm. Type. Albatross Coll. 
