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Depth 4 2/3 to 6; length 3 l/3 to 4 l/2. Snout 2 2/3 to 
4 in head; eye 3 l/2 to 4 2/5; barbel l/lO to over l/2 fish, 
ending in small white bulb, broader basally (adult) or termin¬ 
ally (young). 
Subocular luminous organ little short or nearly long as 
eye, 4 to 7 times postocular organ (5 to 8 times in young); 
sometines few bluish spots below subocular organ. Lateral 
photophores 14 to 18 between gill opening and ventral, first 3 
or 4 rising in obliquely, rest in groups of 2 to 4; 14 to 16 
between ventral and anal, in groups except sometimes 3 to 6 
spaced in middle of series (4 to 9 in young). Ventral series 
5 and 3 between isthmus and pectoral; 14 to 17 between pect¬ 
oral and ventral, in 5 or 6 groups of 2 to 4 close set spots; 
15 to 18 between ventral and anal in similar groups; 9 to 11 
between anal and caudal. 
D. 21 to 23; A. 26 to 29; pectoral 6 to 9; ventral 6, 
median. Length 112 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic; Caribbean Sea. 
