Table 36. Correlated Counts of AO Photophores and Gill Rakers for Lampanyctus 

 jordani and l. simulator (counts underlined). 



AOp 



Lower gill rakers (including raker at angle) 



of the North Pacific Ocean between about 35' and 4CP N (Fig. 180). The distribution is similar to 

 that of L. fernae (Fig. 158) but appears to extend farther westward; one specimen was taken 

 near Japan. 

 Discussion 



Although L. simulator is superficially similar to L.jordani, the two species differ notably 

 in numbers of gill rakers (Table 36) and in several body proportions (Table 37), the former 

 being a more slender fish. L. simulator has a higher number of both upper and lower gill 

 rakers, with little or no overlap. In nearly all the body proportions given in Table 37, those of 



Table 37. Body Proportions for Lampanyctus simulator and L. jordani. 



*These data are from a combination of specimens from the northeastern and northwestern Pacific Ocean (Wisner, 

 1970b). 



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