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Eustomias yarj.abij.is Regan and Trewavas 
Eustomias variabilis REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., No.6, 
March 10, 1930, p.91, figs.72 (ends of barbels) 73 -a(dentition). R. 12 0 11 
1 1 7. 57 ° 12 1 ; Caribbean Sea -west of St. Lucia N. 13 ° 47 1 W. 61 ° 26 *; 
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off St. Croix N. 17 ° 43. 7 ( W. 64 ° 57 »j N. 17 ° 58. 5 » W. 64 ° 41 »j 
west of Jamaica N. 18 ° 22 ' W. 78 ° 38 '; H. 17 ° 43 ' ?/. 64 0 56 ’ ; south 
of St. Croix N. 17 ° 13 ' W. 64 ° 58 •; N. 17 ° 43 • W. 64 ° 56 ’; near 
Martinique K. 14 ° 38 » W. 61 0 16 'j near St. Croix N. 17 ° 43 * W. 64 ° 
56 *j N. 17 ° 43 ’ W. 64 ° 56 '; N. 17 ° 43 ' W. 64 ° 56 *; 300 to 4000 
meters. 
Depth 10 to 13$ head 7 to 9. Eye 4 l/2 to 6 in head; barbel l/5 to 2/5 / of 
fish, stem with pigmented axis; 2 well separated variable bulbs and sometimes 
1 or 2 smaller ones between; terminal bulb elongate, ovate or pearshaped, 1 or 2 
terminal appendages usually branched, stem and filamentous branches generally 
beaded; interorbital 5 l/2 to 7 l/2 in head. 
Lateral photoptores 32 to 34 between gill opening and ventral, 16 or 17 be¬ 
tween ventral and anal; ventral series 7 between isthmus and pectoral, 32 or 33 
between pectoral and ventral, 15 to 17 between ventral and anal, 16 to 18 between 
anal and caudal. 
D. 21 to 25; A. 33 to 36; pectoral rays 2; ventral rays 7. 
Length 145 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
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Western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea. 
Eustomias xenobolus Regan and Trewavas 
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Eustomias xenobolus REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., No.6, 
