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middle one in the vertical through the last VO or somewhat 

 before, slightly higher than the anterior SAO, the uppermost 

 near lateral line in the vertical through end of dorsal or 

 origin of anal. Generally 6 8 supracaudal and 4 6 infra- 

 caudal luminous patches. Length 60 mm. [After Brauer, not 

 seen by us]. 



Habitat: Ombai straits. Indie to 35S. ; Pacific from 

 near Japan to 39 S.; Atlantic 42 N. to 38 S. 



6. Myctophum punctatum Raf. 



Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiol. Siciliana, 1810, p. 56. 

 Scopelus caninianus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XXII. 1849, p. 445. 

 Scopelus Heideri Steindachner, Sitzber. Akad. Wien, LXXX1II. 1881, p. 401. 

 Scopelus Mulleri Goode, Fish & fishery Industr. I. Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 



Washington, 1884, Atlas, PI. CCIII. 

 Myctophum (Myctophum) punctatum Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 



1906, p. 1 88. 



Myctophtim punctatum Zugmayer, Exp. Monaco, XXXV. Poissons 1911, p. 26. 

 Myctophum punctatum Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 86. 



D. 12 14; A. 18 20; P. 14 15; V. 8 9; L.I. 40 44. 



Elongate. Height 4 4*/ 2 , head 3 2 / 5 to more than 4. Eye 



2 ! / 3 2 3 / 5 , about 3 times longer than snout, which has a 



median crest, is strongly curved, nearly vertically sloping 



down to the mouth. Mouth slightly oblique, hinderend of 



maxilla slightly dilated, 

 surpassing posterior bor- 

 der of eye. Origin of 

 dorsal opposite to origin 

 of ventrals, situated be- 

 fore the middle of the 

 length of the body, its 

 end opposite to origin of 

 anal, the end of which 

 lies behind the vertical 



Fig. <,*.Myc t o t h um fvnctatum Raf. (after Brauer). ^^ the hindborder 



of the adipose fin. Pec- 

 torals situated in the middle of the height of the body, sur- 

 passing the origin of the ventrals, which extend to the anus. 

 Scales cycloid, their surface minutely spinulous. Luminous 

 organs: an antorbital on the posterior dorsal and on the 

 anterior ventral border of the eye. 2 praeopercular organs, 



