192 
Uniform brownish* Fins all paler or lighter brownish* Iris silvery gray, 
photophores on under surface of body in bands of black pigment. 
Gulf of Panama* 
57897. U.S.N.M. E. 7 ° 23 l/2 " W. 79 ° 17 * 16 ", Gulf of Panama. 
In 242 fathoms. March 8, 1891. Albatross Station 3386. Length 113 to 
^ i*ii ■m*n*ni*iB I 
120 mm* 2 examples* 
Diplophos GUNTHER, 
Genus DIPLOPHOS Gunther 
Journ. llus. Godeffroy, vol.2, 1873, p*101* 
Type Diplophos 
taenia GUNTHER, monotypic. 
. 
Body very elongate, band shaped* xi ead compressed* Snout pointed* Mouth 
large, lower jaw projecting. Premaxillary, maxillary and mandible each with 
single series of small unequal teeth. Vomer w“‘th’2- or 3 teeth* Single series 
of teeth on each palatine# Two series of conspicuous photophores each side 
of abdomen and another along lateral line. Dorsal rays 9 to 11, slightly 
premedian. Anal rays 55 to 63, origin below dorsal. Paired fins well devel¬ 
oped. 
i 
2 
a # 
ANALYSIS OF SPfiOIES 
Ventral photophores 16 between isthmus and pectoral, 25 between pectoral 
and ventral, 13 between ventral and anal, 41 between anal and caudal 
proximus * 
Ventral photophores 17 to 21 between isthmus and pectoral, 26 to 28 be¬ 
tween pectoral and ventral, 16 or 17 between ventral and anal, 43 to 47 
between anal and caudal taenia. 
