148 
5 l/5 in head from snout tip; eye 5 2/5 to 6, 1 l/8 to 1 l/2 in snout, 1 l/5 
in interorbital; maxillary extends 2 s/4 to 3 eye diameters behind eye, 
length 1 l/5 to 1 l/4 in head from snout tip; interorbital 5 l/2 to 6, convex. 
Gill rakers 5 +10, slender, lanceolate, equal eye; gill filaments 1 l/2 in 
eye. 
Scales 30 in median lateral series; 6 transversely, 18 predorsal# Scales 
cycloid, large, partly adherent; striae as i perfect and 1 to 4 imperfect, 
radiating and basal; circuli very fine. 
Single small preorbital photophore close to lower front eve edge; upper 
above pectoral base to ventral, then 5 back until •"v :• * c 
lateral series 10 from^above front of anal fin; lower or ventral series 4 
before pectoral origin, then 12 to ventral, 4 to anal and 19 to caudal base# 
Ty/o whitish luminous bodies at lower rudimentary caudal rays. 
D. Ill , 10, _I or III , 11, I, first branched ray 1 2/5 to 1 4/5 in total 
head length; A. Ill, 25, I^first branched ray 1 4/5 to 2; caudal 1 l/5, 
damaged; least depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4 l/4; pectoral 1 l/2 to 1 2/3; 
ventral 2 to 2 l/5. 
Pale brown generally# Scales silvery white, with iridescent shades. Iris 
silvery gray or whitish# Fins pale. 
Atlantic Ooean. 
28419 U.S.N.M. Messina. Italian Commission. Length 125 mm. 
40059 TJ.S.IT.M. Messina. Royal Zool. Mus# Florence. Length 75 to 
130 ram. 3 examples. 
44582 TJ.S.h.M. II 29 ° 47 W. 80 ° 05 1 45. Albatross Station 
2665. Length 57 mm. 
Genus CYCL0TH0NE Goode and Eean 
