Two opercular photophores, upper level with lower eye-edge, lower opposite 
pectoral base. L ateral photophores 7 between gill opening and ventral and 1 
or 2 more over latter fin; ventral series 8 to 10 on branchiostegals, 3 
before pectoral, 10 between pectoral and ventral, 4 or 5 between ventral and 
anal. 14 or 15 between anal and caudal. 
D. 13 or 14, fin origin nearly midway between middle of postocular and 
caudal base; A. 18 or 19; pectoral rays 9 or 10; ventral rays 6. “"ength 
less than 27 mm. without caudal. (Jespersen and Taaning.) 
Mediterranean and neighboring Atlantic. A dwarfed form of Cyclothone 
microdon. 
I 
Cycl otho ne pal lida Brauer 
Cyclo thone pallida BRAUER, Zool. Anzeiger, vol.25, 1902, p.281. Atlantic and 
Indian Oceans. - PAPPEHHEIM, Deutsch. Sudpolar Exped., vol.15, pt.2, 1914, 
p.179 (S. 14 ° 3 ’ W. 19 ° 10 «, 1900 meters; S, 16 0 54 » W. 19 0 47 ', 
O 0-0 
1000 meters; S, 19 0 1 W. 20 , 800 meters; S. 26 59 ' TV. 17 6 
1340 meters; S. 32 ° 8 1 W. 8 0 28 ’, 1000 meters; 35 ° 10 ’ E. 2 o 
33 ’, 3000 meters; S. 24 ° 55 1 W, 1 o 18 ’, 1500 meters; S. 8 ° 43 1 Vf. 
11 ° 55 ", 3000 meters; S. 7 ° 53 ’ W. 14 0 27 1 , 3000 meters; E. 0 0 
46 > W. 18 ° 59 •, 3000 meters; N. 5 0 27 1 W. 21 0 41 °, 1500 meters; 
N, 17 ° 28 ’ W. 29 ° 42 ", 3000 meters; K. 28 ° 42 ’ W. 34 ° 33 ’, 3000 
meters)* 
Cyclothone microdon pallida BRAUER, Deutsch* Tiefse© ^bqped* aldivia, vol#15 # 
Tiefsee-f 4 sche, 1906, p.84, pi.6, fig.2, text fig.33 (dentition) (Cape 
Verde Islands, &ulf of Guinea, off Southwest Africa, Bengal Bay, between 
Char os and Seychelles, off northeast Africa, north o:° ~ evy* Amsterdam, 
