195 
Preorbital photophore opposite lower front eye edge; 1 on cheek veiled 
by maxillary, little behind ©ye and level with pectoral fin origin; 1 close 
behind A end of maxillary expansion and another slightly higher at lower front 
part of subopercle; median lateral series small, 74 follow close along just 
above each tube of lateral line; larger and upper of 2 lower series with 
19 between pectoral and ventral, 13 between ventral and anal, then 16 along 
above front of anal; lower or ventral series with cluster of 4 very minute 
photophores each side mandibular symphysis, 13 branchiostegals, 29 from isthmus 
, 13 between ventral and anal, 41 from anal origin to caudal. 
D# Ill , 9, first branched ray 1 l/2 in total head length; A# III , 53, 
first branched ray 1 4/5 in head; no adipose fin; caudal damaged, 1 3/4 (?), 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 7; pectoral 1; ventral 1 l/5# 
Brown generally where scales have fallen, scale pockets darker brown# 
Scales all with silvery white tints. Side of head and iris silvery white# 
Pins pale or whitish. Belly sooty to dusky. Photophores all narrowly ringed 
with blackish# 
4430 D. 5591. Kabul Island (JJ.¥.) IT. 6 ° , 3. 1 miles (N. 4 ° 
11 1 48 !f E. 118 38 T 20 ,r ), Sibuko Bay, Borneo and vicinity# In 260 
fathoms. September 29, 1909. Length 111 mm# 
Genus TRIPL0PH0S Brauer 
Triploph os BRAUER, Zool. Anzeiger, vol.25, 1902, p.232. Type Triplophos 
elongatus BRAUER, monotypic. 
Body greatly elongated, combined head and trunk slightly over half of 
long tapering tail, compressed. Bt e ad moderate, compressed. Snout short# 
Eye small, far forward. Maxillary long, lower jaw protruding. Teeth ir- 
