Nettenchelys taylori Alcock 1898

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Nettenchelys taylori Alcock 1898: 150 (Indian Ocean, India, off Travancore Coast, 7°17'30”N, 76°54'30"E, depth 786 m). Holotype ZSI F 317l/1 (female, 533 mm, incomplete). Alcock 1899: pl. 25, Fig. 5; Smith et al. 1981: 557.

Material. Known only from the holotype.

Diagnosis. Anterior vomerine teeth not uniserial; posterior nostril far behind head, midway between dorsal-fin origin and anus. See Table 1 for additional characters.

Distribution. Off the southwestern tip of India.

Remarks. This was the first species of Nettenchelys to be described, and it has not been collected since. It is distinguished by the extreme posterior displacement of the posterior nostril.