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Differs from Ch. sloanz only in that there are only 20—2r1 
luminous organs between ventrals and anal. Length 250 mm. 
Seems to us to be a doubtful species. 
Habitat: Flores sea (538 m.)!. — Indic. 
3. Stomias Cuvier. 
(CuvieR, Regne animal, I. 1817, p. 184). 
Elongate, strongly compressed, covered by very thin, deci- 
duous, hexagonal scales. Head compressed, snout very short, 
gape of mouth oblique and extremely wide, as also the gill- 
opening. Lower jaw prominent, mandibles widely distensible. 
Opercle narrow. Interopercle rudimentary. Chin with a fleshy 
barbel, ending in three filaments. Pectorals and ventrals rather 
narrow, the latter in the last ‘'/,; of the length. Origin of 
dorsal above anal. No adipose fin. Ventral lobe of caudal 
generally longer than the dorsal. Vent on a papilla just before 
the anal. Teeth fixed, in maxilla numerous, small and approxi- 
mate, those in the intermaxilla and mandible more or less 
curved; large and wide apart. Vomer with a pair of fangs, 
palatines and tongue with smaller pointed teeth. Head with a 
large suborbital photophore. Luminous organs between branchi- 
ostegal rays. On each side a ventral series of luminous organs 
from isthmus to caudal, above it a lateral series from gill- 
opening to anus, besides numerous smaller organs scattered 
between them. Four gills. No pseudobranchiae, nor gillrakers. 
We draw attention to the following figure (39) of a larva 
of Stomzas, from the Molucco-passage (1500 m.), distinguished 
by its pellucidity, so that the myomeres can be counted, and 
by the exceedingly long anal papil. It has D. 17; A. 21. 
(see Siboga-Exp. Fische, p. 14). 
TIRE CGG Gi 
on a race Ze eee Lebel 
Fig. 39. Larva of Stomias X 4.4. 
Symopsis of the species. 
I. Intermaxillary teeth 4—6, longer than the mandibulary 
teeth, which are few in number (about 8). 43—46 
luminous organs between pectorals and ventrals ..... S. valdiviae p. 112 
