Waite — Fishes of South Australia 



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Fi<;'. (34. Auloims purpurifmalutt. 



A good table fish, attaining a length of twenty-four inches, 

 ray seen in the figure oeeurs in the male only. 



The long fin 



Family MYCTOPHIDAE. 



MYCTOPHUM Rafinesqiie, 1810 (punctatum). 

 MYCTOPHUM CEPHALOTES Castelnau (Lantern Fish). 



Neascopc'lus cephalotes Cast., Res. Fish. Anst., 1875, p. 4(i. 



The Lantern Fishes bear a large number of photoohores or light organs, 

 disposed chiefly on the head and towards the lower side of the body. 



NEOSCOPELUS Johnson, 1863 (macrolepidotus). 

 NEOSCOPELUS MACROLEPIDOTUS Johnson (Lantern Fish). 



Neoscopelus macrolepidotus Johnson, P.Z.S., 1863, p. 44, pi. vii ; Goode & Bean, 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. sp. Bull, ii (Oceanic Ichth.), 1895, p. 93, pi. xxix, fig. 

 108, 109; McCulL, Endeavour Res., ii, 1914, p. 90, pi. xvii; Vaill., Exp. Sci. 

 Trav. & Tal., 1888, p. 319, pi. ix, fig. 2. 



Scopelus macrolepidotus Giinth., Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., v, 1864, p. 414. 



