912 . 
Coelorhinchus patagoniae Gilbert and Thompson 
Coelorhynohus patagoniae Gilbert and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat* Mus., 
vol. 50, p. 475, pi* 6, fig* 2, 1916 (type locality t between Welling¬ 
ton Island and the mainland on the west coast of Patagonia, in 94 
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fathoms). _ jGilbert and Hubbs , Proc. U. S* Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 144, 
1916 (reference); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 100, vol. 1, p. 426, 1920 
(diagnosis in key). 
Depth 6 l/2j head 4 l/3, width 1 3/6. Snout to eye 3 in head; 
eye 3, 1 l/8 in snout, 1 l/3 times interorbital; orbit 1 2/3 in head, 1 
l/5 times snout, 1 2/5 times interorbital ; maxi 11 ary reaches l/2 in eye, 
length from front end 3 3/4 in head; mandibular barbel ?; teeth minute, 
-■ - + 
villiform, in bands in jaws, of 4 or 5 irregular rows; interorbital 5 l/4 
in head, low, concave medially. Gill rakers 0+7 low spinescent tubercles, 
l/4 of gill filaments, which 2 3/4 in eye. 
Scales 42? (pockets) to end of broken tail; 4 above, 8?below, 
8 predorsal forward to occiput. Scales with 4 to 6 radiating apical spin- 
uliferous ridges, last spinules projecting beyond hind scale edge; circuli 
# ; =** - 
moderate, complete. 
D. II , 9 63, second simple ray slender, entire, 1 4/5 ? in 
head; interdorsal space 7 l/2; A. 71, fin height 6 l/4 ?; pectoral rays I, 
16, fin 2 in head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 2 l/5. 
Light brown, head paler to whitish. Iris grayish. Inside mouth 
and gill openings dusky. Breast, belly and branchial region neutral gray. 
Fins pale brown. 
Off Patagonia. 
