. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 54 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Apristunis spongiceps Fowlee, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 17,192S (compiled) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 486, 1930 (type). Pentanchus sponyiceps Fowi^k, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 85, p. 237, 1934 (name). Depth 3% to subcaudal origin; head Sy^, width 1%. Snout 21/5 in head, very pliable, flabby, depressed; eye 6%, 3 in snout, median laterally in head; dentary width 2 in head, both labial folds long as eye; teeth in 36 rows in jaws, each with 3 to 5 cusps; no


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 54 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Apristunis spongiceps Fowlee, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 17,192S (compiled) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 486, 1930 (type). Pentanchus sponyiceps Fowi^k, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 85, p. 237, 1934 (name). Depth 3% to subcaudal origin; head Sy^, width 1%. Snout 21/5 in head, very pliable, flabby, depressed; eye 6%, 3 in snout, median laterally in head; dentary width 2 in head, both labial folds long as eye; teeth in 36 rows in jaws, each with 3 to 5 cusps; nostrils large, little longer than eye, internarial space half mouth width; interor- bital broadly convex. Gill openings little less than eye. Spiracle small, distinct, close behind eye. Skin densely covered with simple small cusps, mostly finely rough- ened to touch, fin edges and areas of depression behind naked. First dorsal length 2% in head, fin inserted largely over ventral bases; second dorsal length 2l^, inserted over middle of anal, ends. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.


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