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Bathophilus irregularis Norman 
Bathophilus irregularis NORMAN, Discovery Rep., vol.2, 1930, p.311, fig.21. 
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32 45 ' 8 47 ’, 650 meters, Sputh Atlantic. 
Depth 6 l/3; head 4 l/4. ~nout 3 l/2 in head from snout tip; eye 6, 1 3/4 
in snout; maxillary extends 3 l/4 eye diameters behind eye ,len; th equals head 
± rom snout ^ip; o large canines on premaxillary with second and third passing 
outside lower jaw; uniformly small teeth along maxillary ed|e; 2 large front 
lower teeth, front one passing outside upper jaw; interorbital rather low. 
Postocular organ little longer than eye, small white spot below anteriorly. 
Lateral photophores 10+3 between gill opening and ventral, fora ascending row 
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with last 3 on back, 11 between ventral and anal forming curved row running from 
level of ventral fin upwards nearly to back and then down the same level; ven¬ 
tral series 5 before pectoral, 4 very small ones close together immediately 
behind pectoral, 2 close together little before ventral and 1 or 2 very small 
ones just behind ventral fin, 4 close together above vent and 5 behind anal. 
D # 12, fin height 1 4/5 in total head; A. 16, fin height 1 7/8 ; caudal 1 
7 /b, forked, lower lobe little longer; least depth of caudal peduncle 6; pect¬ 
oral rays 3 4* 7, length 1 l/8 in total head length; ventral rays 21, inserted 
at middle of side little nearer caudal base than snout tip, length 3 l/8 in body 
without caudal# 
Length 40 ran# (Norman#) 
South Atlantic. 
Bathophilizs sohigochiru s Regan and Trewavas 
Bathophilus schizoch irns REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped# Oceanogr# Rep#, 
