253 
Depth 15 4/5; head 11 • Snout 2 l/5 in head; eye 6; maxillary 1 2/3; 
5 pairs of upper teeth, second largest and several small teeth, second largest 
and several small teeth, 4 to 6 denticles on maxillary and lower dentition sim¬ 
ilar; barbel nearly 3/4 length of body, un' ranched except base of bulb, black 
basally; bulb slender, slightly curved, cucumber shaped, with 3 short thin 
median filaments as 1 from back of stem and 2 others from basal part of bulb, 
half way in bulb pair of larger filaments, another still anterior and then pair 
subterminal * 
Lateral photophores 48 between gill opening and ventral, 22 between ventral 
and anal; ventral series 10 between isthmus and pectoral, 48 between pectoral a 
and ventral, 21 between ventral and anal, 12 between anal and caudal# 
D. 20; A# 25; pectoral rays 12; ventral rays 7# 
Length 297 mnu (Beebe#) 
% 
Bermuda# 
Leptostomias macronema Gilbert 
Leptostom ius m acronema GILBERT, Bull* TJ.S.FIsh Cbmm., vol*23, pt,2, 1903 (1905), 
p#607, pi.72, fig.3. Dear Liihaw in 319 to 451 fathoms. - FOWLER, ^'-em. 
Bishop Hus., vol.10, 1928, p.34 (type). - REGAN and T3G7.AVAS, Danish Dana 
Exped. Oceanogr. Hep., ho.6, llaroh 10, 1930, p.60 (compiled). 
Melanostomias macrone ma, PARR, Bull. Bingham. Oceanogr. Collection, vol.3, art.2, 
December 30, 1927, p.49 (type). 
Depth 13; head 7 l/5, width 2 3/4. Snout 2 l/2 in head from snout tip; eye 
5, 1 4/5 in snout, subequal with inter orbital; maxi liar T extends 1/2 eye diam¬ 
eter behind eye, length 1 1/3 in head from snout tip; teeth uneven, 7 or 8 on 
