789. 
Coryphaenoides orbitalis (Garman) 
<vwwwmsa. * 
Macrurus orbitails Garman . Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 24, p. 207 
(397), pi. 47, figs. 1-lb, 1899 (type locality * lat. 7 , 32*36"N., 
long. 79*16’W», east of Cape Mala, Gulf of Panama, 286 fathoms). 
Macrurus (Macrurus ) orbitalls Brauer , Deutsch. Tiefsee Exped* 
Valdivia , vol. 15, p. 388, 1906 (reference). 
V ’ • ' ~ " . : ' V ? 't * ; r \ ; ' 
Macrourus orbitalis Jordan, Evermann, Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fisher.. 
pt. 2, p. 206, 1930 (reference). 
' ' ' v 
Lionurus orbitalls Gilbert and Hubbs , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 
p. 146, 1916 (reference). 
Depth 5 3/4 to 6 7/8} head 4 to 4 l/2, width 2 to 2 l/8. Snout 
to eye 3 l/5 to 3 1/2? in head; eye 4 l/3? to 4 2/3, 1 l/4 in snout, 
* \ ? 
1 l/4 to 1 1/2 times interorbital; orbit 3 l/4 to 3 l/2 in head, 1 
l/6 to 1 l/4 times snout, 1 1/2 to 1 2/3 times interorbital; preoral 
length 4 2/5 to 4 4/5 in head; maxillary reaches l/2 in eye, length 
from front end 3 l/4 to 3 l/2 in head; mandibular barbel 2 l/2 to 3 
4/5 in orbit; teeth minute, in villiform bands in jaws, of 5 or 6 
. f 
irregular rows; interorbital 5 1/6 to 6 in head; low, nearly level 
or slightly depressed* Gill rakers 1 ♦ 9 low spinescent tubercles 
on second arch, l/g of gill filaments, which 1 2/3 in orbit. 
Scales (pockets) 105 in lateral line; 8 above, 16? below, 18 
