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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



broader than the stem in adults, but forming a more or less definite bulb in the young. 

 Five fixed teeth in lower jaw. A pair of teeth on basibranchials. Dorsal 20-23. Anal 

 23-26. Pectoral 7-9. Pelvic 7. Photophores — in ventral series I-P lo-ii; P-V 34-36; 

 V-A 13-15; A-C 12-13: in lateral series 0-V 32-35; V-A 12-14. 



Described from 24 specimens, 38 to 290 mm. in length. 



Hab. North and South Atlantic. 



m il Hi l l I I I iti l .i 11 ,1 111 l i J' I . , . ' -" ' Ji. ' "." J ' ^!i ' Ul i . ' y ,; 7 U' "v., ^..^ 1 . 1 1 ,, 



Fig. 18. Odontostomias micropogon. Holotype. (x J.) 



Odontostomias masticopogon, n.sp. 



28. X. 25. 13° 25' N, 18° 22' W. 4^ m. net, horizontal, 900 (-0) m. : i specimen, 290 mm. 



Depth of body nearly 10 in the length, length of head 7|. Diameter of eye about 6 in 

 length of head. No postocular luminous organ. Barbel i^ times length of fish; bulb 

 (and possibly part of stem) apparently broken off. Four fixed teeth in lower jaw. No 

 teeth on basibranchials. Dorsal 23. Anal 26 (or 27). Pectoral 9. Pelvic 7. Photophores 

 — in ventral series I-P 10; P-V 36; V-A 14; A-C .'': in lateral series O-V 35; 

 V-A 15. 



Described from a single specimen, 290 mm. in length; holotype of the species. 



Hab. North Atlantic. 



Fig. 19. Odontostomias masticopogon. Holotype. (x J.) 



Flagellostomias boureei (Zugmayer, 1913). 



Regan and Trewavas, t.c. p. 57, pi. ii, fig. 2, text-fig. 33. 



St. 81. 18. vi. 26. 32° 45' 00" S, 8° 47' 00" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 650 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 60 mm. 



St. 276. 5. viii. 27. 5° 54' 00" S, 11° 19' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, i5o(-o)m. : i specimen, 

 85 mm. 



II. xi. 25. 6° 55' N, 15° 54' W. 2 m. tow-net, horizontal, 800 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 70-80 mm. 

 Hab. Atlantic; West Indies. 



