317 
ending in filament 
melanops 
_£• * Luminous bulb of barbel large, membranous expansion not tapering. 
without filament 
margaritifer• 
c. Terminal part of axis of barbel ^onaing curve in front of luminous 
~~ - no 'other luminous_ bodies 
/bodies basal or before axis; 27 or 28 photophores in ventral series 
between pectoral and ventral# 
1 
h. Barbel stein black, w’th white spot near basal end of swollen cylin¬ 
drical terminal part, end with translucent region and curved part 
of axis; terminal filament 
melanopogon. 
h. Barbel stem black, with white ring at middle of length , beyond with 
narrow translucent expansions before and behind black stem extending 
to large luminous bulb; no filament macrophotus. 
2 
b. Barbel simple, 1 l/3 in lead, without bulb, tapers into narrow filament 
mearnsi. 
3 
b. Barbel with slender stem bearing terminal bulb niger. 
2 
a* Pectoral rays 4; barbel 1 2/5 in head ends in 3 bulbs, terminal largest 
vrith small short filament extended around 1 side from more advanced of 2 
small subterminal bulbs 
vierecki. 
Melanos tomi as spilorhyncdiius Regan end Trewavas 
Melan os tomias spilorhy nchus REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Cceanogr. 
Rep., No*6, March 10, 1930, p.U2, pi. 10, fig.l, text fig. 107 (end of 
• * * • 
barbel). 'N. 31 6 » W. 41 ° 45 »j H. 35 ° 50 * 77. 44 ° 55 ' j N. 39 0 
17 *; II. 37 ° 46 • W. 56 u 11 N, 33 ° 18 W. 56 ° 03 ’; H. 
56 1 77. 52 ° 1 " * * TT ™ 0 .° 
29 ° 52 » 71 . 53 ° 3 * j N. 28 ° 21 * W. 52 ° 40 » j N. 31 ° 
59 • 17 . 59 52 
»j N. 32 ° 14 ’ 77. 63 0 51 N. 32 21 ’ 77. 64 15 N* 25 0 35 » 77. 
