326 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Myctophum phengodes (Liitken, 1892). 



Brauer, tx. p. 177, fig. 88; Parr, t.c. p. 66. 

 St. 87. 25. vi. 26. 33° 53' 45" S, 9° 26' 30" E. Young-fish trawl, 1000 (-o)m.: i specimen, 

 24 mm. 



Hab. Atlantic; Indian Ocean; Australian seas. 



Myctophum macrochir (Giinther, 1864). 

 Taning, t.c. p. 57 ; Parr, t.c. pp. 67, 74. 



St. 71. 30. V. 26. 43° 20' 00" S, 46° 02' 00" W. Young-fish trawl, 2000 (-o)m.: 6 specimens, 

 28-32 mm. 



St. 281. 12. viii. 27. 00° 46' 00" S, 5° 49' 15" E. Young-fish trawl, 850-950 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 20 mm. 



St. 287. 19. viii. 27. 2° 49' 30" S, 9° 25' 30" W. Young-fish trawl, 800-1000 (-0) m. : i specimen, 



11 mm. 



St. 289. 24. viii. 27. 3° 04' 45" N, 16° 52' 00" W. 70 cm. tow-net, oblique, 132-0 m.: i 

 specimen, 16 mm. 



St. 297. 28. viii. 27. 12° 08' 00" N, 20° 53' 30" W. Young-fish trawl, 200-300 (-0) m. : i specimen, 



12 mm. 



II. xi. 25. 6° 55' N, 15° 54' W. 2 m. tbw-net, horizontal, 800 (-0) m. : i specimen, 37 mm. 

 Hab. Atlantic; West Indies. 



Genus Lampanyctus, Bonaparte, 1840 



Lampanyctus nicholsi, Gilbert. 



Gilbert, 191 1, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, xxx, p. 17, fig. i ; Parr, t.c. p. 78. 



St. 60. 21. V. 26. 50° 45' 00" S, 56° 33' 00" W. I m. tow-net, horizontal, 75 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 40 mm. 



St. 62. 22. V. 26. 49° 22' 00" S, 54° 48' 00" W. I m. tow-net, horizontal, 90 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 43 mm. 



St. 106. 3. xi. 26. 44° 42' 30" S, 17° 47' 00" E. I m. tow-net, horizontal, 124 m.: i specimen, 

 75 mm. 



St. 217. 18. iv. 27. Drake Strait, 58° 27' 30" S, 67° 55' 00" W. i m. tow-net, horizontal, 77 m. : 

 I specimen, 71 mm. 



St. WS 236. 6. vii. 28. 46° 55' 00" S, 60° 40' 00" W. Net with mesh of 7 mm. attached to back 

 of trawl, 272-300 m. : dark green sand and mud. 25 specimens, 50-77 mm. 



Depth of body 5^ to nearly 6 in the length, length of head 3^ to 3! . Snout much 

 shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3 1 to 4 in length of head and about equal to 

 interorbital width. Dorsal 18-20; origin a little in advance of root of pelvic; longest 

 rays f to | length of head. Anal 20-22 ; origin below posterior part of dorsal. Pectoral 

 13. Pelvic 8. 43-45 scales in the lateral line. PLO photophore a little nearer to lateral 

 line than pectoral fin. 2 PVO, situated close together, level with base of pectoral fin. 

 5 PO, the last a little elevated. VLO about equidistant from lateral line and pelvic fin 

 or a little nearer the latter. 5 VO, all level. 3 SAO, almost forming a straight line, the 

 lowest continuous with the VO series; interspace between first and second not much 



