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Q 14 between ventral and anal, 6 between anal and caudal• Usually small lumin¬ 
ous spot behind ventral fin, sometimes 1 on shoulder* 
D. 14 to 17, fin height 2 in head; A* 15 to 18, fin height 2; caudal 1 4/5, 
forked, lower lobe longer; least depth of caudal peduncle 7 l/3; pectoral rays 
2, length 3 s/4 in body without caudal; ventral 2 3/4, rays 11 to 13, origin 
little nearer snotit end than caudal base* 
Length 116 mm* without caudal* (Regan and TreYjavas*} 
Atlantic, Caribbean Sea* 
Bathophilus me las Regan and Trewavas 
Bathophilus melas REGM and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Cceanogr. Rep., No.6, 
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March 10, 1930, p.69, pl.5, fig.2. Bahamas N. 25 50 * W. 76 55 *, 600 
meters. 
Depth 7 3/4; head 4 7/8. Snout 3 l/2 in head; eye 9, 2 3/4 in snout; 
maxillary extends 4 eye diameters behind eye, length 1 l/8 in head; interorbital 
moderately 1 Ijg/SJL 
Postocular lumiilous organ equals 1 l/2 eye diameters, with oblique white 
spot in front of and below its anterior end* 
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D. 14, fin height 1 3/5 in headj A. 14 or 15, fin height 1 3/5j caudal 
1 3/5, forked, lower lobe much longer; least depth of caud -1 peduncle 6 1/5 j 
pectoral rays 2, 3 l/2 in body without caudal; ventral 3 2/5, rays 9 or 10, or¬ 
igin little nearer caudal base than snout tip* 
Deep black* U en g-fch 20 mm* to caudal ba.se* (Regan and Trewavas*) 
Bahamas• 
Bath ophilus chironema Regan and Trewavas 
Bathophilus ohironema REGAN and TREWAVAS* Danish Dana Exped* Cceanogr. Rep., 
