2284 
Scopelus macrolepidotus Gt^NTHBR, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol* 5, 
1865, p. 414 (type); Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 22, 1887, p. 196 
(Kermadec Islands, in 520 to 630 fathoms). 
Neoscopelus alcocki JORDAN and STARKS, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 2, 
1902 (1904), p. 580, pi. 2, figs. 1-2. Suru'ga Bay, in 173 to 260 
fat horns. 
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Depth 4 1/6 to 5; head 2 3/4 to 3, width 2 l/4 to 2 1/3. Snout 3 3/4 
to 3 7/8 in head from snout tip; eye 3 1/2 to 5 4/5, subequal with snout 
in young to 2 in snout with age, subequal with interorbital in young to 
1 1/2 with age; maxillary reaches hind eye edge or slightly beyond, expansion 
1 to 1 1/2 in eye, length 1 4/5 to 2 in head from snout tip; interorbital 
3 2/5 to 3 7/8, low, but slightly convex. Gill rakers 2 to 5f 10, also with 
2 or 3 rudimentary bony tubercles above and below, lanceolate, equal eye; 
gill filaments 3/5 of gill rakers. 
Scales 30 to 33 in lateral line to caudal base; 4 above, 4 below, 14 
or 15 predorsal to occiput* Scales very caducous, all fallen. 
