1443 
Synodus simulans G-arman 
Synodus s imulans G-ARMAN. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 
24, 1899, p. 251, pi. 50, fig. 3. Off Cocos Islands. 
Depth 7; head 4. Snout 4 l/3 in head; eye 5, greater 
than snout; premaxillary extends half an eye diameter behind 
eye, length 2 in head; very low interorbital with narrow 
groove. 
Scales 62 in lateral line, 4 above, 4 below. 
D. 12, secmd ray 2 1/5 in head; adipose fin 7 1/5; A. 9, 
second ray 6; caudal 1 2/5, emarginate behind, least depth of 
caudal peduncle 4 1/6; pectoral 2; 1 1/10 in postorbital; ven¬ 
tral 1 1 / 3 ., 
