2297 
Depth 4 l/5 to 4 3/5; heed 2 4/5 to 3 1/8, width 2 1/4 to 2 2/5. 
Snout 3 3/4 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 5 1/5 to 6, 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 in 
snout, 1 1/5 to 1 1/2 in interorbital; maxillary extends 4/5 to 1 eye 
diameter beyond eye, expansion 1 1/8 in eye, length 1 3/4 to 1 5/6 in head 
from snout tip; interorbital 4 1/4 to 4 1/3, low, broadly convex. Gill 
rakers 6 14, slender, lanceolate, 1 1/8 in eye. 
Scales 38 to 4G in lateral line to caudal base, though not enlarged; 
5 above, 4 below; 27 or 28 predorsal. Scales with 30 to 35 irregular short 
apical spinules; circuli very fine, not extended apically. 
D. Ill, 10, I, first branched ray 1 2/3 ro 1 4/5 in total head length; 
adipose fin 4 2/3 to 3 3/4; A. II, 7, I or II, 8, I, first branched ray 
2 2/3 to 3 1/4; caudal 1 3/4 to 1 4/5, forked; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3 3/4 to 4 2/5; pectoral 1 1/2 to 1 3/5; ventral 1 4/5 to 2. 
Brown, nearly uniform. Iris gray. Fins all pale brown to whitish, 
caudal sometimes gray. 
Gulf of Panama, Arabian Sea, Philippines. 
3502 to 3505. D. 5526, Balicaseg Island (0.), N. 15° W., 18.4 miles 
(N. 9°12 , 45’ t E. 123°45*30 ,t ), between Siquijor and Bohol. In 805 fathoms. 
August 11, 1909. Length 178 to 233 fathoms. 
2152. D. 5515. Gamp Overton Light, S. 26° E., 24.6 miles (N. 8°34 , 48" 
E. 124°l*24 ,t ), northern Mindanao and vicinity. August 8, 1909. Length 
210 mm. 
