Coryphaenoides crassiceps

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 : 25

Coryphaenoides crassiceps .

Head very large, especially the anterior portion. Snout excessively broad and high, short, but longer than the eye, which is small. Mouth small, inferior, extending beyond the vertical from the centre of the eye. Teeth villiform, in narrow bands in both jaws. Barbel minute. Trunk of the body very short, the vent being immediately behind the vertical from the root of the pectoral. The scales are small, studded with very fine curved spinelets, which give the body the appearance of being covered with short villosities. A series of larger scales runs along each side of the base of the second dorsal fin. The second dorsal spine is very slender, obsoletely denticulated in front; the second dorsal fin commences at a very short distance behind the first.

North of Kermadec Island (Stations 170, 171), 520 and 650 fathoms.

Rem. This fish is closely allied to, and represents in the southern hemisphere, C. norvegicus .