1067. 
Genus Cetonurus Gffnther 
Cetonurus Gunther , Rep. Voy. Challenger , vol. 22, p. (124) 143, 1887. 
(Type Coryphaenoides crassieeps Gffnther, monotypic.) 
Body with very short trunk and narrow, slender, tapering tail. 
Head very large, thick especially forward. Snout short, broad, deep. 
Eye small, lateral, advanced. Mouth small, inferior. Mandibular barbel 
small, short. Teeth in villiform narrow bands in jaws. Branchiostegals 
7. Pyloric coeca moderate. A series of enlarged scales along dorsal 
and anal fin bases. Scales small, villose. Head entirely covered with 
villose scales. Dorsal advanced, on back of head. Anal much higher 
than second dorsal* Paired fins well developed. 
Maorurus microps Vaillant, which I have not located, is given 
in the list of doubtful forms by Gilbert and Hubbs. 
Proc. U. S. Hat. Mus., vol. 51, pp. 146, 147, 1916 (name). 
