693 
Coryphaenoides caminetus Gilbert and Hubbs, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, p. 144, 1906 (reference). 
Depth 6 3/5 to 8 l/2; head 4 2/3 to 5, width 1 9/10 to 2 l/5. Snout 
to eye 2 l/2 to 2 7/8 in head} eye 4 to 4 1/4, 1 l/4 to 1 3/4 in snout, 1 
in interorbitalj orbit 3 to 3 l/4 in head, 1 to 1 1/8 in snout, greatl; 
exceeds interorbital} maxillary reaches 1/2 in eye, length from front end 
3 2/3 to 4 in head} mandibular barbel 2 l/2 to 3 in eye; teeth in villiform 
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bands in jaws, 6 or 8 irregular transverse series} interorbital 4 l/5 to 4 
l/2, low nearly level forward. Gill rakers 0+8, low spiniferous tubercles 
on second arch, 1/3 of gill filaments, which 1/3 of eye. 
Scales 118 in lateral line} 5 above, 10 below, 10 predorsal forward to 
occiput, which about first fourth between hind edge of orbit and first dorsal 
origin. Scales with 12 or 13 nearly parallel rows of rather long, slender 
spinules apically, with last extended but slightly behind scale edge} cir- 
culi fine, more or less obsolete apically, 
D. II, 9—100, second 
ray pungent, slender, entire, 1 1/2 to 
1 3/5 in head} interdorsal space 1 7/8 to 2 3/5} A. 100, fin height 4 to 4 
2/5} pectoral rays I, 15, fin 1 7/8 in head, ventral rays I, 6, fin 1 7/8 
to 2 3/4. 
Largely uniform brown, under surface of head slightly paler. Iris 
pale to whitish. Inside mouth pale. Inside gill opening blackish, though 
edges of gill opening not dark. Fins brown, first dorsal with 2 dusky 
blotches, one subbesal and other near apex, 
Western North Atlantic. 
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