Table 29. Body Proportions for Lampanyctus fernae and L. ritteri. 



"Data from Wisner, 1971. 



Lampanyctus fernae 



Wisner, 1971 



Fig. 159 — Lampanyctus fernae, holotype, 76.3 mm. From Wisner (1971, p. 50, fig. 6). 



Description 



D. 13 (12-14); A. 17 (16-18); P. 13 (12-14); AO 6 (5-7H- 8-9 (7-10), total 14-15 (13-16); gill 

 rakers 4 (5>f \+ 11 (10-13), total 16 (15-18); vertebrae 37 (36-38). 



Correlated counts of dorsal and anal fin rays, AO photophores and gill rakers (Table 28), 

 and body proportions (Table 29) are given for L. fernae and are compared with similar data for 

 L. ritteri. 



Size: To about 90 mm. 



Least depth of capture: To 200 m at night. 



Distribution: Presently known from a rather restricted area of the North Pacific Ocean, 

 about 40= to 45" N, 135 to 16^ W (Fig. 158). 



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