2295 
D. 21 or 22, first branched ray 1 7/3 in head; adipose fin about 
equals eye; A. 23 to 25, first branched ray 1 4/5 in head; caudal 1 4/5; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral reaches ventral base, with 
second uppermost ray prolonged, reaches midtvay between ventral base and 
vent; ventral rays 8 . 
Dark brown, fins lighter. Reaches 75 mm. (Brauer, Barnard. ) 
Off South Africa. 
Genus Scopelengys Alcock 
Scopelengys ALCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., ser. 5, vol. 6, 1890, 
p. 302. Type Scopelengys tristis ALGO OK, monot.ypic. 
Body compressed, deepest anteriorly, tapering backward. Caudal peduncle 
rather long or least depth less than half its length. Head large, com¬ 
pressed. Snout rather long. Eye small. Maxillary expanded posteriorly. 
Mouth very wide. Teeth in bands in jaws. Gill covers united. Long close 
set gill rakers. Pseudobranchiae rudimentary, of 3 or 4 small filaments 
each side. No air bladder. Pyloric appendages 8. Scales very deciduous. 
Dorsal median, short. Caudal forked. Pectoral well developed, low. Ventral 
short, nearer pectoral than anal. 
According to Alcock very closely related to Notoscopelus, differing in 
the smaller eye, rudimentary pseudobranchiae and absence of air bladder. 
