Aphyonus gelatinosus .

The head, in the preserved specimen, is compressed, rather deep, and enveloped in loose skin; especially on the upperside of its anterior half the skin forms a large loose bag, which during life is probably filled and distended with mucus. Transparent, colourless, like a Lepiocephalus .

Deep sea between North-eastern Australia and New Guinea (Station 184), 1400 fathoms.