1298 . 
Weber 
Lepidoblepharon ophthalmolepis Weber , Siboga Exped.. vol. 57, p. 422, 
pi. 6, fig, 7, 1913 (type locality : lat, 5“40’S., long. 132®26’S., 
310 fathoms; Arafura See near Kei Islands). —Weber and Beaufort, 
« 
Fishes Indo Austral. Archip., vol. 5, p. 143, fig. 36, 1929 (type). 
Depth 2 1/4? to 2 1/2; head 2 3/4 to 2 7/8, width 5. Snout 
tip to lower orbit 4 2/5 in head froia snout tip; lower orbit 2 3/5 to 3 
^/^ head from snout tip, greater than snout, opposite upper orbit; 
extends 2/5 in lower orbit, expansion 4 3/4 in lower orbit, 
length 1 7/8 in head from snout tip; interorbital narrow bony keel. 
Gill rakers 5 + 10, lanceolate, 1 2/3 in lower orbit, twice length of 
gill filaments. 
Scales 48 or 49 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more 
on latcer; 16 above, 17 below. Caudal base scaly, other fins scaleless, 
with 8 to 16 basal radiating striae; 17 to 22 short apical denticles, 
with 1 or 2 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. Lateral 
line on both sides, anterior arch 2 2/5 to 3 I /8 in straight section to 
caudal base. 
D. 53 or 64, fin height 2 l/2 in total head; A. 45, fin height 
3; caudal 1 l/3, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 7/8; 
pectoral 2 7/8^ ventral 3 l/S. 
Right side uniformly brownish. Orbits slate gray. Peritoneum 
snowing through body walls neutral gray. Left side whitish, vortical 
fins more or less grayish. 
Last Indies, Philippines. Koretofore only known from the type. 
e specimen 122 mm Ion?. 
