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Genus Scopelosaurus Bleeker 
Scopelosaurus BLEEKER, Act. Soc. Scl. Ind. Neerland., 
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(Amboina), vol. 8, 1860, p. 12* Type Scopelosaurus 
hoedtl BLEEKER, monotypic. 
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Body elongate, cylindrical, slender, depth 11 or more. 
Head small. Snout long, pointed. Eye large, anterior. Mouth 
large, bordered above by premaxlllaries, long maxillary above* 
Teeth fixed, small, uniserial in premaxillaryes, on palatines 
and vomer, several series in mandible, none on tongue. Oper¬ 
cular bones reduced. Gill rakers rather long and slender. 
Gills 4. Pseudobranchiae present. Branchlostegals 9. Scales 
cycloid, small, absent from head. Lateral line straight, with 
over 60 scales, formed of tubules. Three ventral series of 
photophores between isthmus and anal. Dorsal origin little 
nearer caudal base than snout tip, higher than base length or 
slightly higher than body. Adipose fin slender, oblong, 
pointed, opposite last anal rays. Anal subequal with post¬ 
ocular, longer than high, emarginate. Caudal forked. Pectoral 
median, lateral, pointed. Ventral much shorter than pectoral, 
nearer head than anal. 
