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before pectorals, the fifth above the pectorals, 2 somewhat 
smaller ones, close together, behind the pectorals and followed 
at a short distance by the larger 3 equally distant, hinder- 
most. Between ventrals and anal a series of 5, touching each 
other. These and the lateral series of organs consist of round 
Fig. 50. Valenciennelins tripunctulatus (Esm.). 
organs, partly silvery, partly blackish, bordered by a metallic 
reddish patch above. Between origin of anal and caudal 5 equally 
distant black spots, the first, second and third containing 3 
white rounded organs, the fourth 2, and the fifth 4; an antorbital 
organ below nostril, a series of 4 organs underneath the cheek. 
2 opercular ones, one behind the eye and one behind the maxilla, 
2 or 3 on the gillmembrane. Brownish, operculum and belly 
silvery. A series of about 15—17 black spots between oper- 
culum and caudal. Length 40 mm. 
Habitat: Timor Sea (421 m.)!. — Indic: Madagascar. 
Atlantic: Danmark straits (65° N. 28° W.). If V. stellatus of 
Brauer really belongs to this species, also in the northern part 
of the Indic and in the Atlantic, Gulf of Guinea. 
5. Stylophthalmus Brauer. 
BRAUER, Zool. Anz. XXV, 1902, p. 298. — Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. 
’ ’ > I 9 p 
Tiefseefische, 1906, p. 66). 
Elongate, scaleless, head depressed, snout long, strongly de- 
pressed and broadly rounded, mandible prominent, its articular 
end angularly prominent. Eyes in the very young ones on long 
immovable cartilaginous stalks, which are reduced later on. 
Pectorals short, but rather broad. No ventrals. Origin of dorsal 
before vertical through anus, partly opposite to anal or not. 
Anus on a papilla, approximate to anal. Caudal forked or 
rounded. Minute sharp teeth in the jaws. At least a ventral 
