Table 18. Numbers of AO Photophores for Species of the Genus Centrobranchus 



Species 



AOa 



Mean 



17 



5.33 



C. andreae* 

 C. brevirostris* 

 C. nigroocellatus 

 (Atlantic Ocean I 

 (Indian Ocean)* 

 C. choerocephalus 

 (E. Pacific Ocean) 



AOp 



10 



11 



12 



41 



35 



Mean 



10.36 



Total AO photophores 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



42 



19 



Mean 



15.69 



*Data taken from Becker, 1964a. 



Centrobranchus brevirostris 



Becker, 1964 



Fig. 75 — Centrobranchus brevirostris. From Becker (1964a, p. 53, fig. 21). 



Description 



D. IK 10-12); A. 17 (16-19); P. 15 (14-16); AO 5 (4-6) + 9 (8-11), total 14-15 (13-16); 

 vertebrae 36-37. 



SAO usually in a straight, or nearly so, moderately oblique line which passes through or 

 near VO^. Snout short, usually less than least depth of caudal peduncle. Body depth equal at 



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