Table 38. Body Pro'^ortions for Lampanyctus intricarius, from off the Pacific 

 Coast of Chile, and for L. lepidolychnus, from the Southern Oceans. 



*0f the 20 specimens of L. lepidolychnus, 10 were from off South Africa, 3 each from the southwestern Atlantic and 

 south-central Pacific Oceans, and 4 from the southern Indian Ocean. 



Distribution: In the eastern Pacific Ocean, L. intricarius is known primarily from off 

 Valparaiso, Chile (Bussing, 1965, and Craddock and Mead, 1970), and northward to 2ri6' S, 

 71°09' W. I have seen one specimen ( 142 mm) from between New Zealand and Chatham Island. 

 It is also known from the North Atlantic and southern Indian Oceans. 

 Discussion 



Lampanyctus intricarius is very similar to L. lepidolychnus; this relationship will be 

 discussed in the following account of that species. 



Lampanyctus lepidolychnus 



Becker, 1967 



Fig. 186 — Lampanyctus lepidolychnus, female, 103.0 mm. From the southeastern At- 

 lantic Ocean, 36°51' S, 12°43' E. 



Description 



D. 15(14-16); A. 19-20; P. 12 (11-13); AO 9 (8-10) -h 8 (7-9), total 16)17 (18); gill rakers 4 (3) 

 + 1 + 10(9-11), total 15(14-16); vertebrae 37-38. Body proportions are given in Table 38 and 

 are compared with similar data for a related species, L. intricarius. 



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