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depth of caudal peduncle subequal -with eye; pectoral 1 4/5 to 2 in total 
head length; ventral 2 2/5 to 2 l/2. 
Generally blackish brown. Iris dark neutral gray. Fins whitish. 
„ Yfestern Pacific. &nown by its long slender tail and absence of adipose 
Gunther lf had but two specimens, which are redescribed by Norman. 
fin.A Gunther* s figure shows a long slender supracaudal luminous organ, not 
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seen in any of my specimens. In Gunther s figure the caudal is shown as only 
* 
shallowly emarginate whereas in all my specimens it is distinctively forked 
and the rudimentary rays are far more in evidence, at 10 may be seen in most 
of the specimens, Gunther’s figure shows only the fourth or fifth photophore 
of the upper lateral series elevated whereas in all my examples the first one 
over the ventral base is equally high* 
D. 5320. Ibugos Island (S. end) N. 81 ° 'I., 1* 25 miles (N. 20 
19 1 15 E. 121 ° 51 1 20 "), China Sea, vicinity Formosa# In 46 fathoms# 
November 9, 1908. Length 64 to 125 mm. 19 examples* 
51453 U.S.N.M. Siruga Bay, Japan# Albatross Station 3712. May 10, 
1900. Length 50 ram* 
Gonostorna denudatum Rafinesque 
Gono stoma denudata RAFINESQUE, Indice Itt. Sicil., 1810, p.54. a icily. - 
BONAPARTE, Iconogr. Fauna Italica, Pesci, pt.l, 1841, fasc.27, no pagina¬ 
tion, pi., fig.l (Italy). - VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol.22, 1849, 
p.376 (Messina). - Canestrini, Fauna Italica, Fesci, 1874, p.121 (Sicily). 
- MOREAU, Manuel Ich. France, 1892, p.541 (Mediterranean,* Nice). Gono s- 
toma denudatum JOHNSON, Ann. Mag. Nat. -ist#, L 0 ndon, ser.3, vol.10, 1862, 
ti 
p.279 (Madeira). - GUNTHER; Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol.5, 1864, P.391 
(Madeira, Sicily, Messina); Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol.22, 1887, p.172 
