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Depth 6 4/5 to 7; head 6 to 6 1/3, width 2 to 2 1/5* Snout to eye 3 to 
3 l/3 in head; eye 4 7/8 to 5 1/4, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in snout, 1 7/8 to 2 in 
interorbital; maxillary reaches l/2 to 4/4 in eye, length from front end 2 3/5 
to 2 2/3 in head; teeth in villiform band in upper jaw, 4 or 5 irregular rows 
transversely anteriorly, also single row of similar short teeth below; inter- 
orbital 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 in head, low, convex* Gill rakers 0 to 4 +■ 10 to 15 
low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/2 of gill filaments, which 2 l/5 
in eye* 
Scales 175 in lateral line to pseudocaudal; 11 above, 22 below, 55 pre¬ 
dorsal forward to snout end* Scales with 7 Or 8 slightly convergent apical serie 
of spinules, last extended beyond scale edge; circuli moderate, fine, complete* 
D* II, 8 to II, 10-100, second ■e 4/pjfc '^ray slender, entire, 1 2/5 to 1 
9/10 in head, interdorsal space 2 1/5 to 3; A. 100 to 160, fin height 2 3/4 to 
3; pectoral rays I, 17, fin 1 2/5 to 1 3/5 in head; ventral fin I, 6, fin 2 1/5* 
Largely uniform brown* Some examples with head, also lower surfaces 
inclusive of breast and bell, silvery gray to dark neutral gray* Iris grayish* 
Inside mouth dusky to black* Inside gill opening blackish brown to black. 
Fins pale or brownish. 
Western North Atlantic* Most of the specimens, especially the email ones. 
have lost their scales and many are in very poor preservation* 
