398 
18 22 ’, 900 meters; N. 6 ° 55 * W. 15 ° 54 800 meters). 
Photonectes guernei REGAR and TRERAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. 0 c eanogr. Rep,, No.6, 
March 10, 1930, p.136, figs. 130 - 131. 
Thaumas t omia s a trox ALCOCK, Ann. *“ag. Rat. Hist., series 6, vol.6, 1390, p.220, 
pi.8, fig.7, H. 18 26 ’ E. 85 24 *, 1310 fathoms, off Madras coast. - 
GOODE and BEAR, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p.115 (compiled). - ALCOCK, Journ. 
r© Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol.65, pt.2, 1896, p334 (reference.) 
S \ 
Thaumatos tomias atrox GOODE and BEAR, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, pi.37, fig.141 (cop¬ 
ied). 
Photostomias a trox ALCOCK, c at. Deep Sea Fishes Indian Mus., 1899, p.150 (Bay of 
Bengal and off Andamans, 606 to 13^10, fathoms; remarks on GOODE and BEAR'S 
incorrectly copied figure); Illustrat. Zoology investigator. Fishes, pt.7, 
1900, pi.30, fig.2 (type). - REGAR and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. 
Rep., i ,r o.6, March 10, 1930, p.137 (type). 
Photo s tomias g uemi (not COLLETT 1889) COLLETT, Res. c amp. Sci. lvi onaco, vol.10, 
1896, p.131 (part). 
Depth 6 3/4 to 7; head 4 3/5 to 4 3/4, width 2 to 3. Snout 5 l/2 to 5 4/5 in 
head from snout tip; eye 5 l/4 to 6, gre ter than snout, 1 1/4 to 1 3/6 in inter¬ 
orbital; maxillary extends 3 l/4 to 3 1/2 eye diameters behind eye, length but 
slightly less than head; 7 to 9 rather large premaxillary teeth each side, of 
Cmandihular usually 2 pairs enlarged anteriorly; interorbital 3 l/3 to 3 3/5 in 
head from snout tip, convex. Ho gill rakers; gill filaments about half of eye. 
Narrowly triangular postorbital luminous organ l/2 of eye. Minute photophores 
on body insonspicuous, lateral series 15 or 16 between pectoral and ventral, 17 
between ventral and anal, then 17 to caudal; lower or ventral series 10 branchi- 
