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5 in head from snout tip; eye 1 4/5 to 1 7/8 • greatly exceeds snout or inter- 
orbital; maxillary reaches 1/5 to 1/4 in eye, length 1 l/5 to 1 l/4 in head 
from snout tip: inter orbital 3 4/5 to 4 l/5, lour, with deep median groove. 
Gill rakers 4 + 7, lanceolate, slender, subequal with gill filaments or 1 3/4 
in eye. 
Small photophore in angle of preopercle ridge; 1 postorbital, close behind 
upper hind eye edge, less distinct with age; 1 on lower portion of opercle 
behind preopercle spine; 3 small anterior branchiostegals. Lateral series 
of photophores as 3 close set at same level little above to little below level 
of pectoral fin origin; lower or ventral series as 5 on isthmus, 10 abdominalg 
3 well elevated ventrals, 3 above transparent area above anal base with single 
small photophore close in advance and still higher, then 4 or 5 between caudal 
and anal. 
D. 10 to 12, 
height 3 to 3 1/5 
dunole 2 1/5 to 2 
Silvery white 
first ray 2 to 3 in total head length; A. 12 to 14, fin 
; candal 1 to 1 i/8, well forked; least depth of caudal pe- 
3/4; pectoral 1 to 1 3/4; ventral 3. 
, including iris. Back and head above brownish. Lins pale 
to whitish. 
Atlantic, Injdian and Pacific Oceans. 
4318. D. 5671. Chenoki Point, S. 31 ° E., 
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118 56 Macassar Strait, in 920 fathoms. 
42. 5 miles (S. 1 ° 5 1 E. 
^ecember 30, 1909. Length 
48 mm. 
4788. D. 5317. China Lea, vicinity Formosa (li. 21 ° 36 T E. 117 
27 f ). In 230 fathoms. November 5, 1908. ^ength 18 mm. 
4503. D. 5320. China Lea, vicinity Formosa (N. 20 0 58 1 E. 120 ° 
3 T ). In 1804 fathoms. 
November 6, 1908. Length 15 to 41 mm. 3 examples. 
