Table 41. Body Proportions for 10 Specimens Each of Bolinichthys supralateralis, 

 b. photothorax, and b. longipes from the eastern pacific ocean. 



Discussion 



Dr. R. K. Johnson, Chicago Natural History Museum, has evidence (personal communica- 

 tion) that specimens referable to B. supralateralis from the central and western Pacific Ocean 

 and Indo-pacific areas may represent an undescribed species. 



Bolinichthys photothorax 



(Parr, 1928) 



Fig. 189 — Bolinichthhys photothorax , female, 67.0 mm. From the central tropical Pacific Ocean. 



(Photophores retouched). 



Description 



D. 13 (12-14); A. 14 (15); P. 14 (13-15, rarely 16); AO 6 (5-7) + 4(3-6), total 10 (9-11); gill 

 rakers 5 (4-6)-)- 1 + 13-15 (12-16), total 18-20 (17-22); vertebrae 35 (34-36). Frequency dis- 

 tribution for the above characters are given in Table 40 and are compared with those for B. 

 supralateralis and B. longipes. 



Pectoral fin long, fragile, reaching to Pol. PO^ elevated to about level of base of lower 

 pectoral ray; PO3 elevated to at least its diameter above a line through upper margins of PO- 

 and PO-,. VO4 elevated to about level of P04 and SAO,, the remaining VO in descending series. 



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