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pectoral, much nearer to lastnamed. 5 VO, the second slightly, 
the third far outside and above the series. 10o—12 AO in 2 
groups, the anterior above the anal with 5—7 organs, the 
anterior and posterior of which are situated higher up ouside 
the series, the posterior group beginning above or slightly 
behind the last anal ray with 4—5 organs. 4 Prec, 3 close 
together at the ventral profile, the fourth far distant, near 
lateral line. VLO midway between origin of ventral and lateral 
line. The 3 SAO in a slightly oblique, ascending line, the 
uppermost organ slightly above and behind the fifth VO. 
Close to it the middle one, on the same level as the first 
organ of the anterior group of AO, the uppermost rather far 
distant, close to lateral line, even as Pol, which is situated in 
the vertical through adipose fin. Silvery, back brownish. Fins 
hyaline. Length 36 mm. 
Habitat: Halmahera Sea (1000—o M., vertical net)!; 
Banda Sea (2000—o M., vertical net)!. 
16. Myctophum luminosum Garm. 
Myctophum lnminosum Garman, Albatross Exp. XXVI. Fishes, 1899, p. 263. 
Myctophum (Lampadena) luminosum Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 
1906, p. 208. 
Fig. 66. Myctophum (Lampadena) luminosum Garm, (after Brauer) 
Ip luminous patches. 
B. 8; UD. 13—14; A: 13-14; Ramo; Weis Elias: 
Height 5, head 3%/,, eye 4'/,, twice as long as snout, which 
has a lower median crest and is, as also the front, translucent 
in its dorsal part, above each eye a low crest. Upper jaw 
with its hinder end slightly dilated, surpassing the eye by 
the length of eye and snout. Praeopercular border oblique. 
Origin of dorsal slightly before origin of ventrals, which are 
situated before the middle of the length. Origin of anal slightly 
