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Phosichthys argen teus Hutton 
Phos ichthys arge n teu s HUTTON, Colonial :<i us. Geol. Surv* D e p, (Cat, Fishes 
Hew Zealand), 1872, p*56. Cook Straits* - 7/AITE, Records Canterbury 
l^s*, vol.l, Ho•1, Ap•25, 1907, p,10 (reference), 
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Phot ichthys argenteus HUTTON, Trans. Pew Zealand Inst., vol.5, 1873, p.269, 
* 
pi.15. - GTTNTHER, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol.22, 1887, p.178, pi.45, fig. 
A (lew Zealand). - G00RE and BEAU, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p,104, pi.32, 
fig.122 (copied). - BRAUER, Deutsch. i'iefsee Pxped. Valdivia, vol.15, 
Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, P.92, text fig.37 (S. 37 0 31 » 2 " E. 17 ° 1 ' 
6 ", 2000 meters, south of Cape Colony)-. - GILCHRIST, Fisher. IJarine 
Biol. Survey South Africa, ^ep. No.2, 1921, No.3, (1922), p.55. (off 
Cape Town, 290 to 537 fathoms). - BARNARD, Ann. Sputh African Mus., 
vol.21, ’June 1925, p.150 (off Cape Point, 290 to 1000 fathoms). - 
NORMAN, Discovery Rep., vol.2, 1930, p.293 (S. 32' 0 to 35 0 W. 8 ° to 
; . 6 ° to 16 °, 320 to 1000 meters). 
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Depth 6 l/4 to 6 2/3; head 4 l/2 to 4 4/5# Snout 5 in head from snout 
tip; eye 4 to 5, subequal with snout or interorbital; maxillary extends 1 3/4 
i 
eye diameters behind eye, expansion 1 2/3 in eye, length. 1 l/s in head from 
snout tip; interorbital low. Gill rakers -f 11 below. 
Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter, 3 above. 
Preorbital lurnSnous organ 1 3/4 in eye, close before lower front eye edge. 
Opercular photophore opposite hind end o^ maxillary, well above level of 
pectoral fin origin* Lateral photophores 14 between pectoral and ventral, 
19 or 20 between ventral and anal (last 3 above anal); ventral series 10 
between isthmus and pectoral, 14 or 15 between pectoral and ventral, 15 or 
