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the series above and somewhat behind the first VO. AO 
5—7 + 6—8, on the same level, only the anterior group 
above anal. 2 or 3 Prc, the posterior at the end of the lateral 
line, the anterior — in case there are 2 — below and before 
it; if preceded by a third, this one is situated at the ventro- 
caudal profile, at the end of the series of the posterior AO. 
VLO in the lateral line above origin of ventrals. 3 SAO 
in a blunt angle, the anterior above the space between 
fourth and fifth VO, the middle one somewhat higher above 
the origin of the anal, the uppermost in the lateral line, below 
middle of dorsal. 2 Pol forming with the last organ of the 
anterior AO an oblique ascending series, the uppermost in 
the lateral line, nearly below the beginning of the adipose fin. 
3—5 dorsal and 5—7 ventral luminous scales. Length 74 mm. 
[After Brauer, not seen by us.| 
Habitat: West coast of Sumatra. — Indic near Chagos 
archipelago and Seychelles; Tropical Atlantic. 
2. Myctophum benoiti (Cocco) var. reinhardti (Liitken). 
Scopelus Reinhardtii Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, Scopelini, 1892, p. 257. 
Myctophum Reinhardtii Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyol. 1895, p. 74. 
> Myctophum atratum Garman, Exp, Albatross XXVI, Fishes 1899, p. 268. 
Myctophum braueri Gilbert, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. XXIII (1903) 1905, p. 598. 
(nec M. braueri Lonnberg). 
Myctophum Benoiti Reinhardti Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 
1906, p. 185. 
Myctophum Benoiti Reinhardti Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 86. 
Fig. 60 Arrangement of luminous organs on tail of Myclophum 
benoiti reinhardti (Liitk.). 
Due 74'). Al 18-20; \P: 13-—143 V. 83) Le l.'? 
Head and anterior part of body rather stout. Height 4—4’/,, 
head 3—37/;, eye about 3'/,, more than 2 times the rounded 
snout. Dilated hinderend of maxillary extending nearly to the 
praeopercular border. Origin of dorsal slightly behind that of 
ventrals, somewhat before middle of length, its last rays above 
first rays of anal. Adipose fin opposite to hindermost anal 
