182 
rakers 6 + 12, finely lanceolate, 1/3 of eye; gill filaments l/2 eye# 
Scales 30 in median lateral series to caudal base, narrowly imbricated; 
7 transversely* Scales very caducous, most all fallen* 
■Preorbital photophore opposite and rather close before riddle of front 
eye edge; 1 on cheek below hind eye edge; 2 operculars, level, slightly 
above pectoral fin origin; upper lateral series 13 between pectoral and 
ventral, 11 between ventral and anal; lower or ventral series with 8 veiled 
i 
branchiostegals, 9 on isthmus to pectoral, 15 between pectoral and ventral, 
7 between ventral and anal, then 16 to caudal base which space less than 
head length* 
D* III , 10 (?), first branched ray 1 3/4 in head;- adipose fin damaged; 
A* 111 ,10 (?), first branched ray 2 3/4; caudal 1 3/4, forked; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 4 l/2; pectoral 1 3/5 to 2; ventral 1 7/8 to 2* 
Back pale brown, sides and lower surfaces bright silvery white, also 
iris* Fins pale brownish* 
Atlantic Ocean* 
40079 TJ.S*N*M* Messina* Royal Zool. Mils* Florence* Length 36 
or 37 mm* 2 examples* 
Vinci guer ria attenuata (Cocco) 
Scopelus or Maur o licus attenuatus COCCO, iluovi Ann# Sci. Nat* Bologna, vol.2, 
1838, p*193, pl#8, fig*3* Messina. 
Mau.rolicu s attenuatus BONAPARTE, Fauna Italica, vol*3, pt.l, Pesoi, fasc* 27, 
1840, no pagination, pi*, fig*8 (Italy); Cat* Ketod. Pesci Europ*, 1846, 
p*36 (Mediterranean). - GUNTHER, Cat* Fishes B rit* Mus., vol.5, 1864, 
p#390 (no locality)* - FACCIOLA, Hat* Sicil., vol*2, 1883, p.208* - 
