MYCTOPHIDAE 331 



Lampanyctus ater, Taning. 



Tailing, 1928, t.c. p. 68; Parr, t.c. p. 88. 



St. 86. 24. vi. 26. 33° 25' 00" S, 6° 31' 00" E. 4I m. net, horizontal, 1000 (-0) m. : 4 specimens, 

 55-61 mm. 



St. loi. 15.X.26. 33° 50' to 34° 13' S, 16° 04' to 15° 49' E. 4 J- m. net. horizontal, 350-400 (-o)m.: 

 I specimen, 142 mm. 



St. 239. 2. vi. 27. 46° 56' 00" S, 46° 03' 00" W. 4I m. net, horizontal, 1050-1350 (-0) m. : i 

 specimen, 140 mm. 



St. 259. 26. vi. 27. 34° 59' 00" S, 16° 39' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 370-450 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 30 mm. .'' 



Hab. North and South Atlantic. 



Lampanyctus micropterus (Brauer, 1904). 



Brauer, 1906, t.c. p. 239, fig. 157; Parr, t.c. p. 85. 



St. 287. 19. viii. 27. 2° 49' 30" S, 9° 25' 30" W. I m. tow-net, oblique, 124 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 58 mm. 



Hob. Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 



Lampanyctus niger (Giinther, 1887). 



Brauer, t.c. p. 242, fig. 159; Parr, t.c. p. 87. 



St. 81. i8. vi. 26. 32° 45' 00" S, 8° 47' 00" W. 4^ m. net, horizontal, 650 (-0) m. : 12 specimens, 

 30-70 mm. 



St. 241. 5. vi. 27. 40° 34' 30" S, 36° 35' 30" W. I m. tow-net, horizontal, 152 m.: i specimen, 

 75 mm. 



St. 252. 20. vi. 27. 35° 26' 00" S, 1° 43' 30" E. I m. tow-net, horizontal, 135 mm. : i specimen, 

 40 mm. 



Hob. South Atlantic; Indian Ocean; Pacific. 



Lampanyctus, sp. 



The 'Discovery' also obtained 32 examples of Lampanyctus, which are all in 

 bad condition, and cannot be specifically identified with any certainty. These 

 specimens are from the following stations in the North and South Atlantic, at 

 depths ranging from 0-1410 m., and measure 15 to 130 mm. in length: St. 65, 

 78, 81, 83, 86, loi, 151, 269. Two are from the stomach of a Blue whale taken 

 near the South Shetlands. 



Genus Diaphus, Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891 



Diaphus dumerili (Bleeker, 1856). 



Taning, t.c. p. 58; Parr, t.c. p. 126. 



St. 280. 10. viii. 27. 00° 36' 00" S, 8° 28' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 100-200 (-0) m. : i specimen, 

 47 mm. 



Hab. Tropical Atlantic ; Indo-Pacific. 



