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and anal with gaps after third and seventh; 10 or 11 between anal and caudal, 
last 3 or 4 forming close group* 
R* 20 to 24; A. 26 to 29; pectoral 7 or 8; ventral 6, median or nearer 
c udal. 
Length 93 iron* without caudal* (Regan and Trewavas.) 
"Western Atlantic, Caribbean ^ea* 
Aristost o mias po lydactylus Regan and Trewavas 
Aristostomias polydactylus REGAN and TREVTAYAS, Danish Dana Exped* Oceanogr. Rep., 
No. 6, March 10, 1930, p.141, pi.14, fig.3, text fig* 137. N. 17 to 25 ° 
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W* 45 to 82 , 50 to 927 raeters, Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. 
Depth 5 to 7; head 3 to 3 3/4. Snout 3 to 3 3/4 in head; eye 5 to 7; barb¬ 
el 2/5 to nearly 3/4 of fish, ending in narrow elongate bulb* 
Subocular luminous organ long as eye; numerous small greenish spots below 
and before eye, dense streak between subocular and postocular organs and trail 
of spots backwards* Lateral photophores 15 to 17 between rill opening and vent¬ 
spaced, rest in close linear groups of 2 to 4 
ral , finst 3 o, 4 ».»*** ciliquely, these an* next . to 3; * on IS ^tween 
ventral and anal, first 3 or 4 close, rest spaced except sometimes last 2 or 3* 
Ventral series 5+3 between isthmus and pectoral; 15 to 17 between pectoral and 
ventral, in 6 or 7 groups of 1 to 4; 15 to 18 between ventral and anal, all 
4 
spaced or first 2 or 3 or first and' last 3 in r lose group* 
D. 21 to 26; A* 26 to 29; pectoral 14 to 17; ventral 6, nearly median* 
Length 60 mm* without caudal* (Regan and Trewavas.) 
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Atlantic; Caribbean Sea* 
