15 36 1 45 " E. 119 ° 47 ’ 45 "), off western Luzon. In 178 fathoms. 
November 22, 1908* Length 148 ram* 
3834 and 3835* D. 5626* Kayoa Island (S.E.), S# 15 ° E., 4. 5 miles 
(N# 0 ° 6 1 E# 127 ° 26 ’), between Gillolo and Kayoa Islands# In 265 
fathoms# November 29, 1909# Length 182 to 202 mm# 
Fhotonectes gr acilis Goode and Bean 
Photonectes graci lis GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p#112, pi#36, fig# 
137. Off Martinique, in 472 fathoms# - JORDAN and EVERMANN, Bull# TJ#S# Nat# 
Mus#, No# 47, pt#l, 1896, p#591 (compiled)# - PARR, Bull# Bingham Oceanogr# 
Collection, vol.3, art.2, ^ec. 30, 1927, p.113, fig.SI (N. 24 ° 29 * W. 77 ° 
29 f , 8000 feet)* - REGAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr# Rep., 
No#6, March 10, 1930, p.123 (compiled). 
Depth 14 l/6 (l5 l/2 in description); head 8(8 l/2 in description)# Snout 
9 in head from snout tip; eye 3 7/8 (4 in description), 3 times snout; maxil¬ 
lary extends 2 eye diameters behind eye, length but Rightly less than head; 
teeth unequal, ,3 on each premaxillary, 20 on mamillary anteriorly and posteriorly 
16 serrae; 35 teeth on each ramus of mandible; 3 teeth each side of vomer, 
graduated longer backward; pair of teeth on each palatine; canine near tip 
of tongue and 3 posterior; barbel imperfect, very short, inserted before eye. 
Gill rakers very few, minute, spine like# 
Small rounded luminous body close above maxillary and below hind half of 
eye# Lateral row of photouhores 21 from gill opening to ventral, 13 from ventral 
tt> anal and 13 from anal to caudal; ventral row from isthmus to ventral 32, from 
ventral to anal 15# 
