321 -5JX 
(end of barbel). Atlantic north of Cape v erde Islands II. 19 ° 22 ' W. 24 0 
6 ', 500 meters; N. 10 ° 16 1 W. 40 0 41 ' , 100 meters; M. 36 ° 28 ' W. 
8 38 f , 300 meters; N # 28 15 1 W# 56 1000 meters. 
Depth 10; head 7 to 9. eye 6 to t l/2 in head; barbel l/o to l/4 of fish, 
stem basally with a :is pigmented or not, with anterior series of black dots; at 
half length of barbel elongate bulb, beyond which stem unpigmented and ends in 
small swelling; branches originating about 1/3 length, all unpigmented; median 
branch rather short and slender, with terminal swelling; lateral branches 
longer, bearing several filaments, some with S7/ellings; interorbital 5 to 6 in 
head# 
Lateral photophores 28 or 29 between gill opening and ventral, 13 or 14 be¬ 
tween ventral and anal; ventral series 7 or 8 between isthmus and pectoral, 28 
between pectoral and ventral, 14 between ventral and anal, 21 between anal and 
caudal# 
L. 22 to 24; A# 44 or 45; pectoral 7/ith 1 ray; ventral rays 7# 
JL 
Length 82 mm# without caudal# (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic# , 
Eustomias obscunus Vaillant 
Eustomias ohscurus VAILLANT, Exped. ^rav# Talisman, Poiss., 1888, p.113, pl#8, 
figs#3 -a. Azores, 2792 meters; La Mature, 1384, p#185, fig# (no de- 
scription). - ZUGMAYER, Res. Camp. Sci. ^onaco, vol.35, 1911, p.75 (N. 36 
5 » 30 " W. 9 ° 00 * 30 ", 3660 meters). - HJ0RT, Depths of the Ocean, 1912, 
• » 
p.611 (N. 35 10 * W. 7 ° 55 * off Morocco). 
GUNT HER, Rep# Voy# Challenger, vol.22, 1887, p.204 (reference). - GOODE and BEAN, 
