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imally, then translucent with blackish axis; axis running through expansion, 
straight, basally black, terminally white and opaque; posterior to axis large 
oval opaque white body, with or without smaller one basally; anterior to axis 
series of 3 to 6 small unequal rounded white bodies# 
^ostorbital luminous organ longer than eye# Lateral photophores 25 between 
gill opening and ventral, 12 between ventral and anal# Ventral series 8+2 
between isthmus and pectoral, 26 or 27 between pectoral and ventral, 12 or 13 
between ventral and anal, 9 between anal and caudal# 
D # 14; A# 18; pectoral rays 5; ventral rays 7# 
Length 62 mm# without caudal# (Regan and Trewavas#) 
Atlantic# 
Melan ostomias globulifer new species 
Depth 8 l/4; head 7, width 2 l/5. Snout 4 l/2 in head from upper jaw tip; 
eye 6, 1 3/5 in snout, 2 in interorbital; maxillary well inclined, reaches pre~ * 
opercle ridge, length 1 l/io in head from snout tip; barbel long as head, with 
2 series of elongate white bodies not paired or regular and terminally 2 larger j 
and longer on one side and a still longer one on the other side, median axis ex¬ 
tended but slightly forward of more advanced and. without filament; interorbital I 
* jj 
3 3/5, convex# Gill rakers at 10 minute spinules on lower branch of first gill 
arch; gill filaments equal eve# 
Large triangular luminous body close above maxillary below and behind eye, 
length equals 1 1/4 eye diameters; photophore at middle of front eye edge and 
another at middle of lower eye edge; also one about middle of opercle; upper 
lateral series 25 between pectoral and ventral, then 10 to anal; lower or 
ventral series 36 before ventral of which 8 on isthmus and 2 before pectoral A 
