296 
Lateral photophores 30 to 33 between gill openings and ventral, 18 or 19 be- 
tween ventral and anal; ventral series 7 between isthmus and pectoral, 30 to 
32 between pectoral and ventral, 18 betv/een ventral and anal, 17 or 18 between 
anal and caudal* 
24 or 25; A# 38; pectoral rays 3* 
Length 136 mm* without caudal. (Regen and Trewavas.) 
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* 
Atlantic. 
Eustomias b igel owi Welsh 
Eus to mias bigel owi WELSH, "roc. U.S.Nat. Mus., vol.62, art.3, 1923, p.6, fifes. 
5-6. 170 miles southeast from Cape Hatteras, 500 meters? 120 miles south¬ 
east from Cape Hatteras, 150 meters. - REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. 
Oceanogr. Rep., No.6, March 10, 1930, p.98, fig.85 (barbel) (Florida Strait 
H. 24 30 ’ tf. 30 , 600 meters? N. 28 0 15 * .7. 56 , 2000 meters). 
W 
Eustomias bi gelo wi subspecies bi gelo w'PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, 
vol.3, art.2. Dec.30, 1927, p.78 (type). 
Depth 8 2/3? head 7, width 3. Snout 3 in head? eye 4, 1 l/8 in snout, 
greater than interorbital? maxillary extends 1 3/4 eye diameters behind eye 
edge, length 1 l/8 in head? largest upper teeth first, fourth, tenth and thir¬ 
teenth? palate toothless; tongue with 3 pairs of strong recurved fangs? barbel 
short, stout, 5 in combined head and body to caudal base, 3 filaments formed 
midway in its length, subconic bulb at tip giving 3 long and 4 short filaments; 
interorbital 4 1/5 in head, rather high, convex. Gill rakers not developed or 
as rudimentary low ridge on each gill arch? gill filaments 1 3/5 in eye. 
Small triangular luminous body close above maxillary little below eye. Two 
rows of small, circular, nearly equidistant photophores along side of body ven- 
