785. 
Coryphaeno idee 
luatus (Gilbert) 
Macrourus obliquatUB Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com®., vol. 25, 
pt. 2, p. 670, fig. 261, 1903 (1905) (type locality t off 
east coast of Kauai, 437 to 632 fathoms. 
Macrurus ( Maorurus ) obliquatus Brauer, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exped. 
Valdivia , vol. 15, p. 389, 1906 (reference)* 
Lionurus obliquatus Gilbert and Hubbs, Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 51, p. 146, 1916 (reference). -—Fowler, Mem. Bishop 
£?■'■ . 
Mus., vol. 10, p. 86, 1928 (compiled). 
Depth 8 1/5; head 5 l/3, width 2 l/4. Snout 3 l/3 in head; 
eye 3 l/3, 1 in snout; maxillary reaches l/3 in eye, length from 
front end 2 4/5 in head; mandibular barbel (not shown in Gilbert’s 
figure or mentioned in his description) 2 l/2 in eye; teeth rather 
long, close set, pointed and in comparatively wide bands in jaws, 
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anteriorly of 6 to 8 irregular series; Interorbital 4 l/4 in head, 
low, depressed concavely forward. Gill rakers 1+8 low spinescent 
tubercles on second arch, l/3 of gill filaments, which 2 4/5 in eye. 
Scales (pockets) 130 in lateral line to end of broken tail; 11? 
above, 22? below, 17? forward opposite front edge of orbit. Snout 
ends in small rounded spinescent tubercle. Scales with 5 nearly 
parallel rows of snail slender spinules apically, last of which 
scarcely extend behind scale edge; circuli moderate, entire. 
