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fish, stem lightly pigmented or unpigmented; 2 bulbs, terminal nearly twice as 
long as basal, interspace somewhat greater than terminal bulb; 6 pigmented 
filaments arise together, separated, from terminal end of terminal bulb and un¬ 
pigmented filament near by; young with terminal bulb bearing 8 pigmented fila¬ 
ments in 3 groups; interorbital 6 in head# 
Lateral photophores 32 or 33 between gill opening and ventral, 18 between 
ventral and anal; ventral series 7 between isthmus and pectoral , 32 or 33 be¬ 
tween gill openihg and ventral, 17 or 18 between ventral and anal, 18 to 20 be¬ 
tween anal and caudal# 
« D# 23 to*26;* A# 37; pectoral rays 3# Length 91 mm# without caudal# 
(Regan and Tr ewava s♦) 
Atlantic# 
Eustom ias melanostigma Regan and Trewavas 
Bustomias me1 an ostigaa REGAN and TREWAVAS; Danish Dana Sxped# Oceanogr. Rep#, No. 
6, March 30, 1930, p#85, pl#8, fig#2, text fig# 64 - a (end of barbel)# Car¬ 
ibbean Sea near St# Croix E. 17 ? 43 ’ W# 64 56 1 , 300 meters; N# 17 
45 T W, 64 55# 5 300 meters# 
Depth 10 l/2 to 11, head 8# Bye nearly 6 in head; barbel 3/4 of fish, stem 
unpigmented, terminal larger of 2 bulbs, rounded or ovate, interspace twice or 
somewhat more than terminal bulb; pigment spot at base of terminal bulb bearing 
5 pigmented filaments on short stalk and sometimes separate unpigmented filament; 
interorbital 6 in head# 
Lateral photophores 30 to 33 between gill openihg and ventral, 20 or 21 be¬ 
tween ventral and anal; ventral series 7 between isthmus and pectoral, 31 to 33 
between pectoral and ventral, 19 or 20 between ventral and anal, 19 between anal 
