112 
II. Intermaxillary teeth about 25, smaller than the circa 13 
large mandibulary teeth. 34—38 luminous organs be- 
tween spectoralseand iventralsie yess) J eifeeel ee iia cies wont S. nebulosus p. 112. 
1. Stomias valdiviae Br. 
Stomias valdiviae Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 1906, p. 48. 
Bs 273; D.. 18-105 AAs 2122, Oe Nh ee dO ga 
Height 1o—12, head g—10. Eye 3'/, (co), 4*/; (Q), snout 
equal to eye or longer. Barbel about as long as head. Origin 
of dorsal slightly behind origin of anal. Ventrals reaching on 
anal. Ventral lobe of caudal longer than dorsal one. 5—6 large 
distant teeth in the intermaxilla, the second of which is a 
large fang. They are longer than the few (about 8) in the 
mandible, the 4 anterior of which are small. Suborbital organ 
conspicuous, 17 luminous organs between branchiostegal rays. 
In the ventral series of luminous organs I0—II between 
isthmus and pectorals, 43—46 between pectorals and ventrals, 
5—6 between ventrals and anal, 16—17 between anal and 
caudal. Black, scales with metallic gloss, fins white with black 
tips. Pectorals totally white. Length 122 mm. [After Brauer, 
not seen by us]. 
Habitat: West of Sumatra (594 m.). — Indic near Sokotra 
(2000 m.); Atlantic (600—2200 m.). 
2. Stomias nebulosus Alc. 
Stomias nebulosus Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) IV. 1889, p. 451. 
Stomias nebulosus Alcock, Descriptive Catalogue Ind. Deep-sea Fishes, 1899, p. 146. 
Stomias nebulosus Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische 1906, p. 50. 
Stomias nebulosus Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 13. 
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Fig. 40. Stomias nebulosus Alc. 
B...16—17; D. 16-17; A. 21; P.O; NV. See einermoee 
Height about 10, head 8—g. Eye slightly more than 4. In 
the male the eye is larger than in the female. Snout shorter 
