718 . 
Depth 10 1/5; head 7 l/5, width 2 1/10. Snout 4 in head, 
1 3/5 in eye; eye 2 l/2 in head; maxillary reaches 2/5 in eye. 
length from front end 2 3/4 in head; prooral length 4 4/5; 
mandibular barbel 1/3 of eye; teeth minutely villiform, in bands 
in jaws, of 5 to 7 irregular transverse rows; interorbital 4 in 
head, 1 3/4 in eye, low, nearly level. Gill rakers 1+7 low 
tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill filaments, which 1/3 of 
eye. 
Scales (pockets) 250? in lateral line; 10 above, 20? below 
18? , predorsal forward till opposite hind orbital edge. Scales 
with 3 slightly divergent rows of several long slender apical spines. 
last extended behind scale edge; circul’ nnmnio+o. 
D. I, 10 — second fin indistinct 
ray pungent, with several antrorse wide set basal spines, length 
(broken) 2? in head; A. 135? (to end of broken tail), fin evidently 
low: pectoral rays I, 21, fin 1 l/2? in head; ventral rays I, 8, fin 3? 
Dark brown. Breast and abdomen black. Iris neutral black. 
Inside gill opening rather pele, also inside mouth. Fins brownish. 
Hawaiian Islands. A small species, with very large eye and 
extremely long, slender, tapering tail. 
U. S. N. M., No. 47718. Let. 21*15'N., long 167*30’W. 
In 313 fathoms* December 6, 1891. Albatross 
(D. 3473). Length 130 mm to end of broken tail. Type 
of Macrourus ectenes* 
