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Polyipnus triphanos Schultz 



Figure 15 



Polyipnus triphanos Schultz, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, p. 140, fig. 45, 1938 

 (Philippines, holotype USNM 103027, and 2 paratypes 103028). 



Study material: USNM 135519, Philippines, off Pescador Island, 

 295 fathoms, Albatross station 5190, April 1, 1908, 1 specimen, 33 

 mm. The three type specimens were examined. 



Distinctive characters: Little, except number of vertebrae, can 

 be added to my 1938 description of this species as only one additional 

 specimen is available. It is distinguished by having 11 or 12 dorsal 

 rays and 9 to 12 gill rakers on lower part of first arch, fewer than 

 occur in other species with 3 supra-anal photophores. 



Description: Counts made are given in table 1, p. 591, and table 6, 

 p. 636. 



Color: The color pattern is shown in figure 15, p. 629. 



Range: Philippine Islands to a depth of 295 fathoms 



Polyipnus asteroides Schultz 



Figure 16 



Polyipnus asteriodes Schultz, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 86, p. 138, fig. 44, 1938 

 (West Indies and Gulf of Mexico). 



Polyipnus laternalus Nichols and Breder, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 37, 

 p. 21, 1924 (Gulf of Mexico). — Jespersen in Joubin, Faune ichthyologique 

 de l'Atlantique nord, Paris, No. 15, fig., 1934 (on Norman, Atlantic). — - 

 Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, No. 2, p. 1206, 1936 (Atlan- 

 tic). — Marshall, Aspects of deep-sea biology, New York, pp. Ill, 277, middle 

 fig. V, 15, 1954 (Atlantic). 



Study material: Because of the large number of lots examined, 

 they are summarized as follows : 



Gulf of Mexico, 21 lots totaling 83 specimens; Caribbean Sea, 4 lots, 5 specimens; 

 off Northern Florida in Atlantic Ocean, 2 lots, 3 specimens; Straits of Florida 

 off Cuba, 3 lots, 18 specimens; off Puerto Rico, 4 lots, 25 specimens; Virgin Islands 

 east of St. Croix, 1 lot, 2 specimens; off mouth of Orinoco River, 1 lot, 1 specimen; 

 off British Guiana, 1 lot, 2 specimens; and Western Atlantic, 3 lots, 18 specimens. 



Catalogue numbers and number of specimens in parentheses are 

 as follows: 



CNHM 45737(5), 46276(7), 46277(2), 64350(18), 64351(1), 64357(1), 64358(1), 

 and 64368(3). 



MCZ {Atlantis stations) 2981(1), 2982(2), and 3424(16). 



UMML 1399(1), 1906(1), 2325(1), and 2331(2). 



USFWS (Brunswick, Ga.) 3 lots, 4 specimens. 



USNM 86131(1), 102978(4), 157901(15), 158080(2), 186016(5), 186017(3), 

 186018(1), 186019(4), 186020(4), 186022(5), 186023(1), 186024(1), 186025(2). 



Distinctive characters: This species is best distinguished by 

 having 3 supra-anal photophores in combination with 14 to 17 dorsal 



