970 . 
Hymenocephalus nascens Gilbert and Hubbs 
Hymenocephalus nascens GjIbert and Hubbs , Bull. U. S. Nat* Mus., No. 
100, vol. 1, p* (521) 535, fig 33, 1920 (type locality : Sibuko 
Bay, Borneo; vicinity of Eong Kong; southern Luzon, Marinduque; 
eastern Luzon; Mindanao'; between Gillolo-Makayan; 100 to 423 
f e thorns). 
Hymenocephalus lethonemus (not Jordan end Gilbert ) Weber 9 Siboga 
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% 
Exped., vol. 57, p. 167, 1913 (Flores Sea; Ealmabera Sea; Ceram 
* 
Sea; Bali Sea; 521 to 798 meters). —Weber and Beaufort, Fishes 
ssr . wr~~ 
Indo Austral. Archip., vol. 5, p. 61, 1929 (note). 
Depth 6 l/2; head 4 3/4, width 1 2/3. Snout 3 7/8 in head, 
1 l/6 in eye; eye 3 l/2 in head; preoral profile but slightly inclined 
from vertical, length 5 l/8 in head; maxillary reaches slightly beyond 
eye, length from front end 1 3/4 in head; no barbel; teeth uniform, 
minute, in narrow bands in jaws, of 3 to 5 irregular series; interor¬ 
bital 3 1/5 in head, 1 l/8 in eye, irregularly concave. Gill rakers 
5 + 18, low clavate spinuliferous tubercles on second arch, l/2 of 
gill filaments, which l/4 in eye. 
Scales (pockets) 64 in lateral line; 4 above, 5 below, 9 
forward till opposite hind eye edge. Scales with 8 or 9 irregular 
rows of small apical spinules, last not extended behind scale edge; 
circuli fine, complete* 
