Scales 122 in medial lateral or axial series, of which 22 
forward of vent; 7 to 9 above, 8 below, 37 predorsal. All scales very 
caducous or fallen, on head large as on body. Scales simple, cycloid, 
without striae; circuli moderately fine, complete. 
L. II, 10 - 103, second simple ray ending in long slender 
filament which 4 in total fish; A. 93, fin much lower than dorsal; small 
slender pseudocaudal 3/4 of eye; pectoral rays 1, 17 to I_, 21, upper ray 
long filament 2 in total fish; ventral rays I, 7, first ray filament 4 
in total fish. 
Brown, more or less uniform, with slightly silvery to gray 
reflections. Iris light gray. Inside mouth and gill opening black. Fins 
all dark brown to dusky or blackish brown, filaments pale. 
East Indies, Philippines. 
Tj. S. N. M., no. 78207. Macabalan Point Light (Mindanao), S. 31° E., 7.7 
miles (lat. 8° 37' 15" N., long. 124° 36' E.), vicinity of northern Mindanao 
In 220 fathoms. August 5, 1909. Albatross Collection (D.5505). Length 
307 mm. Type of Gadomus denticulatus . 
Bathygadus dispar (Vaillant) 
Hymenocephalus dispar VAILLANT, ExpSd. Sci. Travailleur et 
Talisman , Poiss., p. 221, pi. 24, fig. 1, 1888 (type locality; 
off Morocco, 1105 meters) 
