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not joined, free from isthmus. Gill rakers well developed. Scales thin, 
cycloid. Besides those on head 2 rows of conspicuous photophores, ventral 
extending from isthmus to caudal and subventral from opercle till over vent. 
■w 
Dorsal rather short, nearly median. Anal origin below middle or hind part of 
r*. 
dorsal. Short adipose fin, behind anal. Caudal forked. Paired fins lour, 
ventral behind dorsal. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 
1 
a. ZALARGES. Pair of photophores at mandibular symphysis; D. 14 or 15; 
A. 13 to 15. 
1 
b. Lateral photophores 13 -f 11 or 12 ( - 24 or 25 
1 
c. Lower gill rakers 13 or 14. sanzoi. 
“2 
c. Lower gill rakers 17 nimbarius . 
2 
b. Lateral photophores 11 or 12 - 10 or 11 ( - 21 or 22). 
~ 1 
d. D. 10; A. 10 raoulensis. 
2 
d_. D. 13 or 14; A. 14 to 16 lucetia . 
2 
a. VINCIGITEREIA. No mandibular symphyseal photophores. 
“ 1 . 
e. Length of row of photophores from anal origin to catidal base shorter 
than head; 12 (ll) lower gill rakers poweriae. 
2 
e. Length of row of photophores from anal origin to caudal base less 
than head; 14 lower gill rakers attenuatus. 
Vinciguerria sanzoi Jespersen and Taaning 
Vin ciguerria sanzoi JESPERSEN and TAANING, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk naturh. Foren. 
K8bephaun, vol.70, 1919, p.218, pi.17. Atlantic ,J cean; ^p. Danish 
Oceanogr. Exped. iU edit., No.9, vol.2, A. 12, 1926, p.22, figs. 14 - 17 
