798. 
Depth 6 to 6 l/2; head 5 l/2 to 5 3/4, width 1 4/5 to 1 7/8. 
Snout 3 2/5 to 4 in head; eye 3 2/5 to 3 l/2, greater than snout 
or interorbital; preoral length but little inclined from vertical, 
length 3 2/3 to 4 l/2 in head; maxillary reaches 1/4 to 1/2 in eye, 
length from front end 3 to 3 l/8 in head; mandibular barbel 1 l/3 
to 1 l/2 in eye; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, of 4 or 5 irregular 
rows above with outer row slightly enlarged and below 6 or 7 irregular, 
small, uniform; interorbital 4 l/8 to 4 l/4 in head, low, nearly 
level. Gill rakers 0+7 low spinescent tubercles on second arch, l/3 
of gill filaments, which 2 l/2 in eye. 
Scales 137 in lateral line; 14 above, 17 below, 38? predorsal of 
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which 20 forward till opposite hind eye edge. Scales with 6 to 8 para¬ 
llel apical rows of slender and rather long spinules, last well extended 
beyond scale edge; circuli moderate, complete. 
D» II, 13—114, second simple ray slender, with row of antrorse 
denticles along front edge, length 1 l/5 to 1 l/4 in head; interdorsal 
space 2 3/4 to 3 ; A. 100, fin height 3 l/8 to 4 l/5 in head; pectoral 
rays £, 20, fin 1 2/3 to 1 3/4 in head; ventral I, 15, fin nearly long 
as head and first ray ends in long filament. 
Brown. Head little paler than body. Branch!ostegal region, 
breast, belly and ohest dark neutral gray to blackish. Iris Gray. 
Gill openings largely dark inside. Pins all pale. 
Hawaiian Islands. A small species, in alcohol distinguished by 
its pale yellowish vertical fins, the first dorsal darker terminally. 
U. S. N. M., No. 47702. 
In 351 fathoms. 
Albatross Collection (D.3473). Length 198 mm. 
