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pectoral, much nearer to lastnamed. 5 VO, the second slightly, 

 the third far outside and above the series. 10 12 AO in 2 

 groups, the anterior above the anal with 5 7 organs, the 

 anterior and posterior of which are situated higher up ouside 

 the series, the posterior group beginning above or slightly 

 behind the last anal ray with 4 5 organs. 4 Prc, 3 close 

 together at the ventral profile, the fourth far distant, near 

 lateral line. VLO midway between origin of ventral and lateral 

 line. The 3 SAO in a slightly oblique, ascending line, the 

 uppermost organ slightly above and behind the fifth VO. 

 Close to it the middle one, on the same level as the first 

 organ of the anterior group of AO, the uppermost rather far 

 distant, close to lateral line, even as Pol, which is situated in 

 the vertical through adipose fin. Silvery, back brownish. Fins 

 hyaline. Length 36 mm. 



Habitat: Halmahera Sea (1000 o M., vertical net)!; 

 Banda Sea (2000 o M., vertical net)!. 



1 6. Myctophum luminosum Garm. 



My c top hum Inminosum Garman, Albatross Exp. XXVI. Fishes, 1899, p. 263. 

 Myctophum (Lampadena) luminosum Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische, 

 1906, p. 208. 



Fig. 66. Myctophum (^Lampadena) luminosum Garm. (after Brauer) 

 Ip luminous patches. 



B. 8; D. 1314; A. 1314; P. 16; V. 8; L.I. 38. 



Height 5, head 3 3 / 4 , eye 4 l / 2 , twice as long as snout, which 

 has a lower median crest and is, as also the front, translucent 

 in its dorsal part, above each eye a low crest. Upper jaw 

 with its hinder end slightly dilated, surpassing the eye by 

 the length of eye and snout. Praeopercular border oblique. 

 Origin of dorsal slightly before origin of ventrals, which are 

 situated before the middle of the length. Origin of anal slightly 



