672 
n ii fff - 
D. II, 10 — 112 to 125, second- gimpla ray entire or with row of 
= fe_ " 
low feeble points along its front edge, length 1 3/5 to 2 in head; 
interdorsal space 5 3/5 to 6 l/3; A. 115 to 130, fin height 3 l/3 to 
4; pectoral rays j[, 18, fin 1 3/4 to 2 in head; ventral rays I, 7, fin 
3 to 3 l/2. 
Largely uniform brown. Iris pale or brown. Inside mouth brown 
and inside gill opening blackish brown. Finn all brown. Many example 
show gray to dark neutral gray about opercles below. 
North Atlantic. This species is quite variable with age though 
as pointed out by Goode and Bean it is distinguished from Coryphaen- 
oides bairdii by its longer snout and more posterior postion of the 
vent. It is also known by its large rough scales, the spines forming 
into long itud ina 1 r ows • 
