932 . 
C&elorhinohus lihQmffgoixi Gilbert and Hubbs 
Coelorhynchus thcmpsoni Gilbert and Hubbs , Bull* U, S. Nat* Mus., No* 
100, vol. 1, p* (425) 442, fig* 8, 1920 (type locality * Balayan 
Bay, off south west Luzon; off southern Luzon; Verde Island Passage; 
off northern Mindanao; 135 to 200 fathoms). 
Depth 6 to end of broken caudal; head 2 2/3, width 3* Snout 
to eye 2 l/lO in head; eye 4 7/8, 2 l/5 in snout measured to eye, 1 in 
interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/4 of eye, length from front end 4 in 
head; mandibular barbel 4 in eye; teeth simple, conic, villiform, in 6 
or 7 irregular rows; interorbital 4 l/5 in head, low, nearly level* 
A 
Gill rakers 0+6 low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill 
filaments, which 2 2/5 in eye* 
Scales (pockets) 56? in lateral line to end of broken tail; 
5 above, 14? below, 10 predorsal to occiput. Scales with 9 or 10 radi¬ 
ating apical spinuliferous keels, last spinules not extended beyond 
hind scale edge; circuli fine, complete. 
D. II , 9_50?, first branched dorsal ray broken, estimated at 
least 2 2/3 in head; interdorsal 4 l/4; A. 50?, fin height 6; pectoral 
rays £, 13, fin 3 in head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 4 l/S. 
Light brown, head and body paler to whitish below, branchios- 
tegal region, breast and belly sprinkled with dusky dots. Iris whitish, 
dark neutral gray above. Inside mouth pale* Inside gill opening with 
dusky. Fins brownish* Ventrals with more or less dusky. 
Philippines* 
