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D. 11, begins well behind ventral, end little before anal: A# 18; pector¬ 
al 18; ventral 7, slightly premedian. Dorsal adipose fin and long low ventral 
adipose fin# 
length 31 mm# without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
Indian Ocean. 
fIlifer Regan and Trewavas 
As tronesthes 
50 to 6000 meters, Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. - 1I0RIIAN, Discovery Rep#, 
vol.2, 1930, p.306 (H. 4 ° 33 ' 15 " W. 16 0 52 1 45 "). 
Islands). 
Astr o nesthes martens i PAPPBIiHEIM, Deutsch. SiSdpolar Exped., vol.15, pt.2, 1314, 
o 
p.167 (N. 0 46 » 7 1 . 18 59 », 3000 meters). - PARR, Bull. Bingham 
Oceanogr. Collection, vol.3, art.2, Dec.30, 1927, p.34 (U. 24 W, 75 to 
77 °, 6000 to 8000 feet). 
art.2, 
Depth 6 to 8; head 3 3/4 to 4 l/2# Eye 5 to 6 in head; 2 or 3 palatine 
teeth each side; white barbel tapering, 2/3 of head, less in young. 
Postocular luminous organ very close to eye. Lateral photophores 14 or 15 
between gill opening and ventral, 19 to 22 between ventral and anal. Central 
* 
series 10 or 11 between isthmus and pectoral, 15 to 17 between pectoral and 
and ventral, 19 to 22 between ventral and anal, 11 or 12 between anal $.nd 
caudal. Abut 4 small hite spots between postocular luminous or ran and pre- 
