257 
Dorsal 16; adult vrith luminous patches in pelvic region, and on 
tail, not on shoulder boulengeri. 
««•— ^ -m »■ ■ -«► 
Dorsal 18 to 21; luminous natch on onercle 
* — JL 
cyaneus* 
3 
(> Ventral hotophores 10 or 11 between pectoral and ventral, 13 to 15 
between ventral and anal# 
1 
i. Anal 17 leucopogon. 
2 
;j • Anal 13 longiceps. 
4 
Ventral photophores 5 or 6 between pectoral and ventral, 8 or 9 be¬ 
tween ventral and anal indious. 
Astr one st iies splendidus Brauer 
Astrone st 1 les splendi du s BPAUER, Zool. Anzeiger, vol.25, 1902, p.238. South of 
Ceylon, 2000 meters* - REGAIT and TDEVAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr• 
Hep*, Ho.5, Hay 30, 1929, p.14, fig*2 (compiled)* 
Astronesthes marten si (not ELUDEIHGER) BRAUER, 
vol*15, Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, p.32, pi.2, 
o 
Deutsch. Hefsee Exped. 
fig.4 (type from II. 4 ° 
78 15 1 3 w ). - PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol.3, 
Dec. 30, 1927, p.34 (part). 
Valdiviai 
56 » -E. 
art.2, 
Depth 6 l/5; head 3 2 / 5 . Eye 4 2/3 in head; barbel little longer than 
head, with elongate white bulb having black spot at its tip bearing 8 fine 
terminal filaments. 
Postocular luminous organ conspicuous, well separated from eye. lateral 
photophores 37 between gill opening and anal. Central series 10 between 
isthmus and pectoral, 17 between pectoral nnd ventral, 20 between ventral and 
« 
anal, 12 between anal and caudal. 
