1049 . 
Lionurus smiliophorus (Vaillant) 
Macrurus smiliophorus Vaillant, Expdd. Sci* Travailleur et Talisman, 
Poiss., p. 242, pi* 22, fig. 1, a-d, 1888 (type locality j Gulf of 
Gasoony; off Morocco; Soudan; Cape Verde Islands; 460 to 1319 met¬ 
ers). —Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., p. 392, 1895 (note). 
Lionurus smillophorus Gilbert and Hubbs, Proc* U. S. Nat. Mus., vol* 
51, p« 146, 1916 (name)* 
Depth 6 l/2; head 6, width 2* Snout 3 l/3 in head, 1 l/5 in 
eye; eye 3 in head; preoral length 4 l/8; maxillary reaches 2/5 in eye, 
length from front end 2 7/8 in head; mandibular barbel 1 7/8 in eye; 
teeth in villiform bands in jaws, of 4 or 5 irregular rows; interorbi¬ 
tal 5 l/5 in head, 1 2/3 in eye, low, depressed concavely. Gill rakers 
0+8 low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/2 of gill filaments, 
which 4 l/5 in eye* 
Scales 150 in lateral line; 9 above, 14 below, 44 predorsal 
of which 18 forward opposite hind eye edge. Scales with 14 to 16 con¬ 
verging to parallel epical rows of spinules, last sagittate and extend 
well over hind edge of scale; circuli fine; obsolete apically. 
D. II , 10_138, second simple ray slender, pungent, front 
edge with row of antrorse spinules, length 1 l/8 in head; interdorsal 
space 1 2/5; A* 136, fin height 2 2/3 in head; pectoral rays I, 17, fin 
length 1 3/5 in head; ventral rays I, 8, fin 1 9/l0, first ray ending 
in filament. 
Largely uniform brown* Iris grayish. Inside mouth pale. 
Inside gill opening dark or blackish brown above, pale to whitish 
