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53 ° 13 '; N. 34 ° 15 ’ W. 16 0 53 ’; off Madeira N. 32 ° 26 » W. 16 
59 «■ B. 32 ° m. 20 ° 1 1 ; N. 30 ° 17 * W* 20 ° 44 ' ; off Cape Verde N. 
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N. 14 ° 52 » W. 28 ° 4 * ; IT. 12 ° 59 ' W. 32 
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off Madeira N. 32 
45 ’ W. 16 20 *j 65 to 1000 meters. 
Depth 8 to 11j head 6 to 8. Snout 6 in head from snout tip; eye 5 to 6, 
1 l/5 in snout; maxillary extends 3 l/2 eye diameters behind eye, but slightly 
less than head from snout tip; barbel 1 1/5 to 1 l/2 times head, terminal part 
3 (young) to 5 (adult) in head; stem and basal end of swollen part black in 
adult, lightly pigmented in young, generally with 1 ©r 2 white spots near base 
of stem; swollen part unpigmented distally, with straight axis, before and be¬ 
hind which strip of rather loose luminoiis tissue and externally membrane, anter¬ 
ior broader, posterior produced in tapering appendage; white bulb at basal end 
of anterior strip of loose tissue, another at base of terminal appendage; inter 
orbital low. 
Postocular luminous organ nearly or quite equal to eye. Bluish white spot 
on middle of snout and generally 1 before each eye. Lateral series of photo- 
phores 23 or 24 between gill opening and ventral 9 13 or 14 between ventral and 
anal. Ventral series 8 + 2 or 3 between isthmus and pectoral, 23 to 25 between 
pectoral and ventral, 13 or 14 between ventral and anal, 9 or 10 between anal 
and caudal. 
D. 14 or 15, fin height 2 l/2 in total head length; A. 18 to 20, fin height 
3 l/4; caudal 1 2/5; least depth of caudal peduncle 7; pectoral 2 1/10 
ventral 1. 
Length 206 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic. 
