711 . 
Depth 7; heed 4 3/4, width 2. Snout 3 3/5 in head; orbit 4 
l/2, 1 1/6 in snout, equals interorbitalj maxillary reaches 3/4 
in eye, length from front end 3 2/5 in head; preoral profile 
vertically oblique, length 5 1/4; mandibular barbel 1 1/2 in orbit; 
teeth simple, small, in narrow biserial band above, below uniserial 
r 
and slightly smaller; interorbital 3 3/5 in head, low, nearly level. 
Gill rakers 1+8 short tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill fila¬ 
ments, which 2 1/5 in orbit* 
Scales (pockets) 95? in lateral line; 12? above, 12? below. 
Scales cycloid, with 12 to 14 circuli. 
D. II, 8 80?, second 
ray with single sharp slender 
barb apically on front edge, turned little outward and backward; 
interdorsal space 3 l/8 in head; A. 80?, height at least equals 
snout length; pectoral rays I, 17, length 2 4/5? in head; ventral 
with long filament reaching at least l/5 of anal base. 
Brown. Abdomen dusky* Head brown, gill opening and gill 
covers blackish. Fins light brown to whitish. Iris gray. 
Queen Charlotte Islands. 
U. S. N. M., No. 48585. Let. 52°39*30 n N., long. 132°38*W. 
In 1588 fathoms. 
Albatross Collection (3342). 
Length 128 mm. 
