324 bulletin op the bureau of fisheries. 
Teleoteuthis compacta Berry 1913. (PI. m, fig. 4, 5.) 
Teleoteuthis appellofi Berry 1909, p. 419 (locality record only), noi of Pfeffer 1900. 
Teleoteuthis compacta Berry 1913, p. 565. 
Animal small, loliginiform. Mantle almost cylindrical anteriorly; slightly swollen a little in 
advance of the middle, thence tapering rapidly to a very acute point. Fins enormous, broadly sagit- 
tate in outline, their total width about equal to the length of the mantle; length a little more than 
half that of the mantle. Mantle margin slightly 
produced in the medio-dorsal line to form an 
obtuse point, and a little more prominently in 
the same way on either side of the funnel ; emar- 
ginate below the funnel. 
Head squarish, narrower than the mantle, 
into which it may be almost completely with- 
drawn. Eyes little prominent; their lid openings 
small, notched in front. 
Arms short, stout, little attenuate; unequal, 
their order of length 3, 2, 4, i; the dorsal arms 
clearly shorter than those of the second and third 
pairs. Suckers on all the arms small, rottmd, 
closely ranked in two widely interspaced series. 
(PI. LH, fig. 5). Umbrella wanting, but all the arms 
well angled, and the third pair f-umished exter- 
nally with a strong membranous keel. 
Tentacles short, stout, but little exceeding 
the arms; clubs not thickened, but broadly keeled 
above and slightly so along the ventral margin; 
both suckers and hooks present on the club; hooks 
sessile, 10 to ii in number and in a single longi- 
tudinal series, comprising the more ventral of the 
two median rows of acetabula; first five hooks 
quite small, the next three much larger, the distal 
ones diminishing again; the two dorsal rows of 
suckers irregular, the first five pairs small and 
closely placed, the succeeding ones slightly larger and more distant, becoming smaller again distally; 
the suckers of the inner dorsal row persist in alternation with the hooks to the tip of the club, but the 
marginal row becomes obsolete distally and comprises only about eight suckers in all; suckers of the 
ventral row exceedingly minute, especially distally where they are placed very far apart. The extreme 
tip of the tentacle is occupied by a group of excessively minute suckers, which are scarcely visible as 
such with an ordinary hand lens. Fixing apparatus well developed, comprising a quadruple series of 
small suckers and pads in alternation; about 8 pads and 12 suckers can be made out. (PI. Lii, fig. 4.) 
Gladius delicate, the expanded wings greatly narrowing in front of the hollow terminal cone. 
Color in alcohol a brownish buff. Chromatophores light brown, scarcely visible below. 
Measurements of Teleoteuthis compacta. 
mm. 
Total length including tentacles 28 
Tip of body to dorsal mantle margin 21 
Width of body 6 
Width across fins 20 
Extreme length of fins 13 
I^ength of fins at base 11 
Width across eyes S 
Length of — mm. 
Dorsal arms 4.5 
Second arms 5.5 
Third arms 6 
Ventral arms 5 
Left tentacle 7 
Tentacle club 3.5 
