268 
forked, lower looe ilk tie longer$ least depth of caudal peduncle 6$ pectoral 
ra,ys <54 to 47, first 9 to 11 separate, others contiguous or joined by membrane 
near base and some rays with luminous expansions, length 3 3/4 in body without 
caudal; ventral 3 i/8, rays 18 to 26, above lateral photophores, origin equi- 
h n i U* 7 •!, - j -1 
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•'istant between snout tip and caudal base or nearer caudal. ' ' 
Vength 62 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trcmvas.) 
• y Atlantic, Gulf of J -exico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean. 
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Bath^ophilus pro xiraus Regan and Trewavas 
Bathophilua proxlmus REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Sep., No.6, 
itiarcn 10, 1930, p.oo, pl.a, fig.o. N. 35 51 * N« 66 43 1000 meters. 
Depth 5 2/3j head 4 4/5. Snout 3 2/5 in head; eye 6 l/2, 1 4/5 in snout; 
maxillary extends 2 l/2 eye diameters behind eye, length 1 l/lO in head; inter- 
orbital moderately low# 
Postocular lumihous organ large as eye# lateral series of photophores 10 
between gill opening and ventral, 10 between ventral and anal; ventral series 
13 between pectoral and ventral, 13 between ventral and anal, 5 between anal and 
caudal# 
* 
D. 16, fin base 1 2/5 in head; A. 16, fin base 1 3/5; caudal 1 2 / 5 , forked, 
lower lobe little longer; least depth of caudal peduncle 6 l/ 5 ; pectoral 1 1 / 5 , 
rays lo to 19; ventral 3 2/3 in body without caudal, rays 16, inserted above 
lateral photophores little nearer shout end than caudal base. 
L ength 53 ram. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic, west of Bermuda. 
Bathophilus longip es Regan and Trewavas 
Bathophilus longipes REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., N 0 .6, 
