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Co ry p hae n oides c amuru s (Smith and Radcliffe) 
Maorourus camurus Smith and Radcliffe , Proc. U« S. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 43, p. 122, pi. 27, fig. 2, 1912 (type locality: east 
Palawan, in 1105 fathoms). 
Coryphaenoides camurus Gilbert and Hu bbs , Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Museum., No. 100, vol. 1, p. 421, 1920 (type). 
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Depth 5 3/5} head 5, width 2» Snout to eye 3 1/2 in head; 
eye 4 3/5, 1 1/4 in snout, 1 1/5 in interorbital; orbit 3 l/3 
in head, 1 1/8 times snout, 1 1/8 times interorbital; maxillary 
reaches eye center, length from front end 2 1/4 in head; mandib¬ 
ular barbel 3 1/5; teeth in narrow villiform bands in jaws, 2 or 
3 irregular transverse series; interorbital 3 1/2 in head, low, 
level. Gill rakers 2+9 low tubercles on second arch, about 2 1/2 
in gill filaments, which 1/2 of eye. 
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Scales (pockets) about 125? in lateral line; 15 above, 23? 
below, 22 forward on predorsal till opposite hind edge of orbit. 
Scales with 3 rows of rather large slender apical spines, last 
of which project beyond hind scale edge; circuli few, coarse, 
more or less complete. 
D. II_, 9 _ 05?, second ^ ^^ ^ray slender, with row of 
antrose spines along its front edge, length 1 4/5? in head; A 
115?, fin height 4?; pectoral rays I_, 21, fin 14/5? in head, 
ventral I_, 8, fin 2, first simple ray ends in short filament. 
Uniform brown. Sides of head, breast and belly blackish 
brown. Iris dark neutral gray. Inside mouth dark gray. In¬ 
side mouth dark gray. Inside gill opening blackish brown. 
