White avoid luminous body in slit like socket close behind 
and below eye. Lateral photophores in 6 linear groups from pectoral 
ventral, 4 , o, 3, 3, 3, 4. then group of 3 and 8 single more or less 
equidistant to vertical of anal origin where row ends in group of 4; 
lower on ventral photophores with 6 clustered groups of 2 to 
4 each 
from pectoral to ventral, then 5 linear groups of 2 to 4 each above 
anal origin, single row of 11 photophores over anal base to end of 
caudal peduncle. 
D. 22, fin height 2 2/3 in head; A. 24, fin height 3; caudal 
2 1/3, lower lobe longer; pectoral 2 4/5, rays 3, 5 or 8, filamen¬ 
tous; ventral 1 4/5, rays 6; least depth of caudal peduncle 1 l/3 
in eye. 
Very dark sooty brovm, almost black, finely sprinkled with 
minute white granulations. Suttorbital luminous body yellow, post¬ 
orbital white. Barbel white, with series of minute black dots, 
bulb and barbel tip yellowish. Dorsal and anal black basally. 
Caudal and pectoral whitish, ventral rays dotted with black. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
