964 . 
Depth 8 2/5; head 5 l/8, width 2. Snout to eye 3 3/4 in 
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head; eye 4 4/5, 1 l/3 in snout; orbit 3 l/5 in head; preoral very 
short; maxillary reaches opposite hind edge of orbit, length from 
front end 1 4/5 in head; mandibular barbel 2 4/5; teeth in villi- 
forrn bands in jaws, fine, uniform, in 7 or 8 irregular rows; 
interorbital 5 3/5 in head, 1 3/4 in orbit, concave. Gill rakers 
3+14 low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill fila¬ 
ments, which 2 3/4 in orbit. 
Scales (pockets) 100 in lateral line; 3 above, 5 below, 
11 predorsal forward until opposite hind orbital edge. Scales most 
all fallen and structure therefore not made out. 
D. II, 10_138, second simple ray slender, length 1 l/3 in 
head* interdorsal space 1 l/4; A. 135, fin height 3 4/5; pectoral 
rays I, 14, fin 1 4/5 in head; ventral rays I, 7, fin slightly longer 
than head, first ray ending in filament. 
Brown, with silvery white to gray sheen all along side of 
head and body. Iris pale, -i-nside mouth pale to white, mottled 
with gray. Inside gill opening pale to white, with same gray cloud¬ 
ing. Lower face of isthmus and breast dark coppery, latter with 
small black depression.containing dark neutral gray lens-like body. 
Inner walls of isthmus in gill opening, sides of breast and belly 
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behind ventrals with many fine close set parallel striae. An irides¬ 
cent silvery gray pale area' on breast before each ventral fin base, 
which broadly blackish. Fins otherwise all pale or lighter than 
body. 
East Indies, Philippines. 
U. S. N. M., No. 72927. Legaspi Light, S.88°W., 14.3 miles 
(lat. 13°10’21"N., long. 123°59'5”E.), east coast of Luzon. In 201 
fathoms. June 8, 1909. - Albatross Collection (D.5459). Length 217 mm. Type. 
