641 
C^^^ p }-g.enoid^es^ at^r od o n (Gilbert and Cramer) 
Optonurus atherodon Gilbert and Cramer , Proc, U. S. Nat. 
.Mus,, vol. 19, p. 431, pi. 46, fig. 1, 1896 (type local¬ 
ity: Hawaiian Islands, 298 to 343 fathoms). _ Garman, 
Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 395, 1899 (reference). 
— Gilb6£t_> Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23, pt. 2, p. 663, 
1903 (1905) ( Pailolo Channel; of Oahu; Bird Island; Kanai; 
of Hawaii; Maui; Kaiwi Channel; 165 to 513 fathoms). 
Macrurus ( Optonurus ) atherodon Brauer , Deutsch. Tiefsee Kxped. 
Valdivi a, vol. 15, p. 390, 1906 (reference). 
* 
Lionurus atherodon Gilbert and Hubbs , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 51, p. 145, 1916 (reference). 
Ventrifossa atherodon Gilbert and Hubbs, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
i 'am Hit 
Mus., vol. 10, p. 87, 19?8 (Compiled). 
Depth 5 3/4 to S; head 4 2/5 to 5 2/5, width 1 3/5 to 2 l/4. 
Snout 3 7/8 to 4 l/4 in head; eye 3 to 3 3/2, greater than snout 
or interorbital; maxillary reaches l/? to 2/3 in eye, length from 
front end 2 to 2 1/5 in head; preoral length short; mandibular 
barbel slender, 1 l/2 to 1 2/3 in eye; teeth in villiform bands 
in yaws, upper band little wider and outer row little enlarged; 
interorbital 4 l/4 to 4 4/5 in head, low, nearly level or uneven 
