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Ventrifossa misakia (Jordan and Gilbert) 
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C-oryphaenoides misakius Jordan and Gilbert , Bull. U. £. Pish Comm., 
vol. 22, p. 611, fig., 1902 (Aug. 1904) (type locality s Sagami 
^ ’• ' • 1 ' . _ b , f ; 'i ' ^ *. 
Bay near Misaki). —Jordan , Tanaka , Snyder , Journ. College Sci. 
Tokyo, vol. 33, p. 415 (fig. 385 copied), 1913 (compiled). _ 
/ • 
Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, p. 306, 
1914 (Misaki). 
Lion urus misakius Gilbert and Hubbs, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 
p. (145) 194, 1916 (no locality). 
Ventrifos sa misakius Gilbert and Hubbs, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 
100, vol. 1, p. (544) 545, 1920 (off south east Luzon, 383 
fathoms). 
Macrourus asper (not Gflnthejr) Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 
vol. 6, No. 4, p. 306, pi. 38, fig. 2, 1914 (Misaki). 
Depth 5 2/3 to 6 3/4; head 4 l/3 to 4 2/5, width 1 4/5 to 2 
l/5. Snout to eye 3 3/5 to 3 7/8 in head; eye 3 7/8 to 5, 1 l/5 to 1 
2/5 in snout, 1 l/5 to 1 1/4 in interorbital; orbit 3 l/4 to 3 3/4 in 
head, 1 l/5 to 1 1/4 times snout, 1 to 1 1/5 times interorbital ; pre¬ 
oral length 1 1/3 to 1 3/5 in orbit, oblique; maxillary 2/3 to 3/4 in 
orbit, length from front end 2 2/5 to 3 in head; mandibular barbel 4 
l/5 to 5 in orbit; teeth fine, small, in 3 or 4 irregular rows in jaws^ 
•with outer row slightly enlarged; interorbital 34/5 to 4 in head. 
