328 
tween pectoral and ventral, 13 or 14 between ventral and anal, 20 or 21 between 
anal and caudal. 
1J , 23 to 26; A, 39 to 42; pectoral rays 2; ventral rays 7. 
Length 70 mm, without caudal, (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic. 
Eustomias polyaster Parr 
I m • I !■ » ■ IP. ^ ^ 
Eustomias po lyaster PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr, Collection, vol.3, art.2, Dec. 
30, 1927, figs,7 (outline) 42 (end of barbel). N. 22 ° 31 » W. 74 0 26 
10000 feet. - REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., No.6, 
-•'larch 10, 1930, p.88, figs.69 to 71 (ends of barbels; young) (Caribbean Sea 
north of St. Croix N. 17 0 49 ' W. 64 ° 54; • N. 17 0 43 1 W. 64 ° 56 ' ; 
north of Porto Rico N. 18 ° 35 1 W. 66 °; Knear St. C ro i x N. 17 ° 4.3 » 
W. 64 56 *; 300 to 1000 meters). 
Depth 11 to 13; head 7 to 8 2/3. eye 4 2/3 to 6 in head; barbel l/2 to 
nearly 2/3 of fish, axis white or lightly pigmented; small rounded or oval basal 
bulb, followed by larger bulb divided by terminal notch into 2 unequal lobes, 
longer tapering, bearing long branched terminal appendage; stem of which contains 
several oblong or oval bodies; interorbital 8 in head# 
Lateral photophores 33 to 35 between gill opening and ventral, 17 or 18 be¬ 
tween ventral and anal; ventral series 7 between isthmus and pectoral, 34 to 36 
« 
between pectoral and ventral, 16 or 17 between ventral and anal, 17 or 18 between 
anal and caudal. 
D. 23 to 26; ■“■. 34 to 40; peotoral rays 2. 
Length 132 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea. 
