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C ae^orhAjochus j;riopellatua Gilbert and Hubbs 
Coelorhynchns triocellatus Gilbert and Hubbs. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 
100, vol. 1, p. 466, fig. 12, 1920 (type locality t north of Tawi Tawi, 
in 315 fathoms). .Jfeber and Beaufort, Pishes Indo Austral. Archip., 
vol* 5, p. 45, 1929 (compiled). 
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Depth 6 l/3; head 3 l/2, 'width 2. Snout to eye 2 l/5 in head; 
eye 4 l/4, 2 in snout, 1 1/4 times interorbital; orbit 3 3/4 in head, 1 
l/2 in snout, 1 l/3 times interorbital; maxillary reaches l/2 in eye, 
length to front end 4 l/4 in head; mandibular barbel 2 3/4 in eye; teeth 
in villifom bands in jaws, of 5 or 6 irregular rows; interorbital 5 l/5 
in head, low, level. Gill rakers 0+6, low xpxxfx spiniferous tubercles 
on second arch, l/4 of gill filaments, which 2 2/5 in eye. 
Scales 76 (pockets) lateral line to pseudocaudal; 6 above, 14 
below, 10 predorsal forward to occiput. Scales with 7 to 10 apical rad¬ 
iating spinuliferous keels, last spinules little extended beyond hind 
scale edge; circuli moderate, complete. . 
II , 9_73, second simple ray elongated and filamentous, 
entire, length 1 l/3 in head; interdorsal space 4 l/6; A. 75, fin height 
3 l/3 in head; pseudocaudal 2 in eye; pectoral rays I, 16, fin 1 2/3 in 
head; ventral rays I, 6, fin 2. 
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Brown, paler below and especially ,pn muzzle and under surface 
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of head. Iris grayish. Inside mouth and gill opening with dusky. Belly 
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tinged with dark gray. Large dark brown blotch at and above pectoral fin 
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base, another saddle like at front of second or lower dorsal fin and third 
before middle of latter. Fins all brownish, ventrals dark. 
Philippines. 
