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head from snout tip; eye 2 l/5 to 2 l/2, gre tly exceeds snout or narrow in¬ 
terorbital; maxillary reaches 1/3 to l/2 in eye, expansion 1 l/2 to 1 7/8 in 
eye, length 1 to 1 1/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital narrow bony fre- 
num barely l/8 of eye, -ill rakers 8 - 13, finely lanceolate, 1 l/2 in eye; 
gill filaments 1 2/3 in eye* 
^reorbital photophore close below nostrils; 1 on cheek at angle of pre- 
opercle ridge; 2 operculars, upper opposite lower part of eye, lower just 
above and close behind preopercle angle; 6 branchiostegals, J pper lateral 
photophores 8 between pectoral and ventral, second highest or level with cheek 
photophore, first and third lowest, then third to eight gradually higher until 
eight high as second; lower or ventral series 6 on isthmus, 12 abdominal of 
which 2 before pectoral base, 4 between ventral and anal, 11 from front of 
anal to caudal base of which 6 above anal base, 
D * 7111 or 9 » f: ’ rst flexible ray 3 7/8 (?) in total head length; A. 
13, fin height 4 l/4 (?); caudal 1 2/3 (?), damaged; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 3; pectoral 1 l/5 to 1 l/3; ventral 2 3/4 (?) 
Largely silvery white, upper part of head and back brownish, ^ris silvery 
gray. Photophores silvery or pale yellowish white, with surrouhding tissues 
blackish. 
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. 
44593 U.S.H.H. Jff. 15.° 24 * 40 " TT. 63 ° 31 ' 30 ". In 683 fathoms. 
Albatros s Station 2117. length 35 mm., caudal lost. 
87563 U.S.N.M. Off Lower California. In 930 fathoms.- Albatross 
Station 5686. .Length 45 m., caudal lost. 
