B 



Fig. 166— (A.) Lampanyctus achirus (?), From 12°15' S, 77°48' W; iB. ) Lampanytus achirus (n.sp. ?), 48.0 mm. From 



about 27° N, 155° W. 



Description 



Counts for specimens basically referrable to L. achirus from four areas of the eastern 

 Pacific Ocean and from off South Africa are presented in the following tables: Dorsal and anal 

 fin rays (Table 30), AO photophores (Table 31), gill rakers (Table 32), and vertebrae (Table 33). 



Table 30. Numbers of Dorsal and Anal Fin Rays of the Lampanyctus achirus Species 

 Complex from Four Areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and from Near 

 South Africa. 



Area 



Dorsal fin rays 



Anal fin rays 



13 14 15 16 



17 



15 



16 17 



le 



19 20 



Southeastern 

 Pacific 

 64''-46° S 

 34°-03° S 

 Northeastern 

 Pacific 

 19°32° N, 

 118°-133° W 

 19°-26° N, 

 ca 155° W 

 Near South 

 Africa 



8 13 6 — 



5 16 20 2 



8 16 3 — 



6 11 15 3 



Table 31. Numbers of AO Photophores of the Lampanyctus achirus Species Complex 

 from Four Areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and from Near South Af- 

 rica. 



Area 



AOa photophores 



AOp photophores 



Southeastern 

 Pacific 

 64°-46'' S* 

 34°-03° S* 



56 

 27 



20 



5 

 23 



72 

 1 



10 



177 



