(Table 40 cont'd.) 



B. supralateralis 

 B.photothorax 

 B. longipes 



17 



Total AO photophores 



10 



111 



10 



4 



132 



18 

 53 

 14 



11 



12 



Upper gill rakers 



B. supralateralis 

 B. photothorax 

 B. longipes 



23 

 32 

 57 



3 

 25 



B. supralateralis 

 B. photothorax 

 B. longipes 



11 



Lower gill rakers 



12 



13 



14 



15 



19 



2 

 24 



5 

 19 

 34 



16 



5 



14 



16 



17 



B. supralateralis 

 B. photothorax 

 B. longipes 



16 



Total gill rakers 



17 



18 



19 



20 



16 



3 



25 



14 

 29 



16 

 5 



21 



22 



12 



B. supralateralis 

 B. photothorax 

 B. longipes 



32 



10 



Vertebrae 



33 



34 



35 



36 



2 



1 



61 



12 



4 



34 



20 



4 



PLO, SAO3, Pol, and Prcn distinctly above lateral line. PVO1.2 often form a straight, nearly 

 vertical line that passes through or slightly behind PO2. PO4 elevated to about level of PVOi. 

 VO2 and VO3 nearly on same level. VLO slightly above midway between pelvic base and 

 lateral line. VO.^, SAO,, and SAO^ in an oblique, nearly straight line that passes well behind 

 SAO3. 



Small photophores behind orbital rim and tiny ones on scale pockets, present in the other 

 two species of Bolinichthys in the eastern Pacific Ocean, are either absent or very weakly 

 developed; on only 1 of 15 specimens was a very small postorbital organ present, but on no 

 specimen was a tiny organ evident on any scale pocket. However, the integument of all 

 specimens was somewhat eroded. 



No luminous tissue below PVOi , between pectoral origin and lateral line or at bases of 

 dorsal and pelvic fins; 3 or 4 small luminous scales present anteriorly on base of anal fin, 

 beginning at about fourth ray. Supracaudal luminous gland short, of 2 (rarely 3) scales; 

 infracaudal gland of 3 to 5 scales that reach to below last or next to last AOp. Pectoral fins all 

 broken in specimens at hand, but Parr (1928) reported this fin to be "very long, reaching 

 beyond middle of anal fin." 



Body proportions are given in Table 41 and are compared with similar data for B. photo- 

 thorax and B. longipes. 



Size: To 84 mm. 



Least depth of capture: Clarke (1973, Table 1 ) listed depths of 95 to 225 m at night and 490 

 to 690 m in daytime tows near Hawaii. 



Distribution: In the eastern Pacific Ocean, the species is known only from near Hawaii. I 

 have also examined specimens from off the northeastern tip of Luzon, Philippines, and from 

 about 10° N, 96° E in the Indian Ocean. 



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