594 
r^ouroide s ii^lati ce ^s Smith and Radcliffe 
Macrouroides inflaticeps Smith a nd Radc liffe, Proc. U. S. 
mvMvMnhIhmibmmvi 
Nat. Mus., vol 43, p. 139, pi. 31, fig. 2, 1912 (type 
locality: Batan Island, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon, 408 fathoms). - 
Gilbert and Hubbs, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 143, 1916 (reference)l 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 100, vol. 1, p. 408, 1920 (type). 
Depth 4 l/5j head 3 l/8, width 3 l/5. Snout 3 2/5 in head; 
eye 11 l/2, 3 2/5 in snout, 3? in interorbital; maxillary begins slightly 
before eye and extends well posterior, length from front end 3 in head; 
teeth small, uniform, villiform, in narrow bands of only 2 or 3 irregular 
rows along jaw edges; no mandibular barbel; interorbital 3 4/5? in head, 
though owing to loose flabby condition of head scarcely delimited. Gill 
rakers 3+17 - on first arch, short, obtuse, compressed, l/2 of gill fila¬ 
ments, which 1 l/2 in eye. 
Scales minute, more or less adherent, each with single medial 
minute spinule, also with 1 or 2 minute lateral spinules on same scale; 
circuli large, complete. 
D. 107, begins near nape above gill opening, low, apparently 
more or less uniform and continuous; A. 87, like dorsal, only slightly 
higher, fin begins also little posteriorly or opposite middle of pectoral; 
pectoral rays I, IS, fin 3 l/6 in head. 
