742 . 
Depth 5 l/5 to 5 l/4; hoad 3 l/2 to 4 l/8, width 1 7/8 to 2. 
Snout 3 l/2 to 3 2/3 in head; eye 3 l/2 to 3 2/3, equals snout, 
greater than irterorbital; maxillary roaches l/3 in eye, length 
from front end 3 to 3 l/8 in head; mandibular barbel 2 1/4 to 3 
in eye; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, in 4 or 5 irregular 
transverse rows; interorbital 4 1/5 to 5 1/2 in head, low, nearly 
level. Gill rakers 0+9, low spinescent tubercles on second arch, 
l/4 of gill filaments, which l/2 of eye. 
Scales 80 (pockets) in lateral line to pseudocaudel; 11 above, 
16? below, 35 predorsal forward to snout end of which 20 forward to 
hind eye edge. Scales with. 10 or 11 parallel apical rows of spinules, 
last extending but slightly behind hind scale edge; circuli moderate, 
complete. 
D. TX, 11 or II, 
10 — 68 , 
second 
slender, with row of 
antrorse spinules along front edge, length 1 l/5 to 1 l/3 in bead; 
interdorsal space 2 l/4 to 2 l/3; A. 75, fin nearly equals orbit; 
pectoral rays I, 20, fin 1 3/4 to 1 4/5 in head; ventral rays I, 7, 
fin 1 2/5. 
Brown, more or less uniform. Iris grayish. Inside mouth pale. 
Branchiostegal region rather dark, though inside gill opening pale. 
Chest and belly dark neutral gray. Fins pale or light brownish. 
Hawaiian Islands. 
U. S. N. M., No. 47723. 
In 375 fathoms. 
Albatross Collection (3474). Length 160 mm. Para, type of Macrourus 
Holocentrus. 
