211 
800 'to 1000 meters; S. 00 56 ' • 14 8 ' 30 , 250 me ucrs). 
(?) Valenc iennellus ste llans GASMAN, Mem. Mus. Comp* Zool., vol.24, i .19, p. 
239, pi.53, fig.2- N. Lat. 30 ° 31 » 35 ”, W. Long. 140 0 5 ' 30 ”, 300 
fathoms, off California. - BRACER, Deutsch. fief see --ccped. Valdivia, vol. 
15, Tisfsee - fisohe, 1906, p.100, text fig. 42 (Gulf of Guinea; bay of 
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Bengal; between Ceylon and Chagos Archipelago; east and west of oEfCHEL- 
Les). 
Depth 3 3/4 to 3 4/5; head 3 l/3 to 3 4/5. ^nout 3 3/4 in head from snout 
tip. eye 2 2/5, greater than snout; maxillary reaches 3/4 in eye, length 
1 2/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital low. 
Antorbital photophore below nostril, 1 below eye posteriorly on cheek, 2 
opercular, 1 postocular, 4 branchiostegals. Lateral series 4 before pectoral 
and 6 between pectoral and ventral. Ventral series 16 or 17 between isthmus a 
and ventrals of which 4 before ventral, row of 5 close set between ventral and 
anal, between anal origin and caudal 5 equidistant groups of photophores as 
3, 3, 3, 2, 4. 
D.7, fin height 3 l/8 in total head; A. 24, uniformly low, fm height 3 
l/l0; caudal 1 7/8; least depth of caudal peduncle 3; pectoral 1 2/5; 
ventral 2 3/4. 
Row of 15 to 17 black spots between opercle and caudal, "ength 40 mm. 
(Weber and Beaufort.) 
Atlantic, J-ndian '- / cean, fimor ~ea, eastern - acidic. 
Family STERITOPTliC IDAE 
Bodv short, front cart elevated, compressed or elongate and front part 
not differentiated by its height from posterior part. Eye large. 
-outh cleft 
