ariommus Thomp s on 
Coryphaenoides ariommus Thompson , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, 
vol. 50, p. 471, pi. 5, fit;. 1, 1916 (type locality* 
lat 38°8*S., long. 75°53*W., off Lota, Chile). _ 
Gilbert and Hubbs , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 
144, 1917 (reference). 
Depth 5 2/3 to 6; head 4 l/5 to 4 l/4, width 1 4/5 to 1 7/8. Snout 
to eye 3 l/8 to 3 l/5 in head; eye 4 3/4 to 5, 1 2/5 to 1 3/4 in snout, 
1 l/8 to 1 l/4 in interorbital; orbit 3 l/4 to 3 4/5 in head, 1 to 1 l/8 
in snout, 1 l/8 to 1 l/5 times interorbital; maxillary reaches l/4 to l/3 
in eye, length from front end 3 l/4 to 3 l/2 in head; teeth in villiform 
bands in jaws, of 5 or 6 transverse irregular series; interorbital 4 l/8 
to 4 l/4 in head, lew, slightly depressed. Gill rakers 1+6, low spin- 
escent tubercles on first arch, l/3 of gill filaments, which l/3 in eye. 
Scales (pockets) 110 to 120 in lateral line; 7 or 8 above, 20? 
below, 20 predorsal forward to occiput which at first fourth between hind 
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orbital edge and first dorsal origin. Scales with 3 or 4 (9 to 11 accord¬ 
ing to Thompson) nearly parallel rows of spinules, rarely extending beyond 
hind scale edge; circuli moderate, complete. 
D. II, 8 84, second s lender 0 i^^e ray with row of antrorse spinules 
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along its front edge, first branched ray about l/2 of head; interdorsal 
space 2 7/8 to 4 l/2; A. 77 to 80, fin height 4 l/4 ?; pectoral fin rays I_, 
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