Coryphaenoides variabilis

Günther, Albert C. L. G., 1878, Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of the H. M. S. “ Challenger ”, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (2), pp. 17-28 : 27

Coryphaenoides variabilis

Snout obtusely conical, projecting beyond the mouth, the cleft of which extends behind the middle of the eye. The teeth of the outer series are visibly stronger than the remainder . Barbel nearly as long as the eye. The interorbital space is flat, its width being much more than the diameter of the eye, which is comparatively small. The scales are provided with five ridges, each ridge composed of several spines, and the central ridge being the strongest. There are eight scales in a transverse series between the first dorsal and the lateral line. Lower limb of the prasoperculum scaleless. Second dorsal spine armed with barbs in front, which are rather distantly set. The second dorsal fin commences at a distance from the first which is less than the length of the head.

Midway between Cape of Good Hope and Kerguelen’s Land ; South of Australia; Mid-Pacific ; south-west of Juan Fernandez. (Stations 146, 157, 246, 271, 300.) 135-2425 fathoms.