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Postocular Luminous organ very conspicuous, close behind eye. lateral 
photophores 15 to 17 between pectoral and ventral, 25 to 25 between ventral and 
anal. Central series 10 or 11 between isthmus and pectoral, 15 or 16 between 
pectoral and ventral, 21 to 24 between ventral and anal, 10 or 11 between anal 
and caudal• 
D. 12 to 14, begins little behind ventral, ends far before anal; A* 19 to 
21; pectoral 8; ventral 7, little prexnedian. Dorsal adipose fin with short 
base, ventral still smaller. 
■^ength 150 mm. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas*) 
North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea. 
Ast ronesthes Iuetk eni Regan and Trewavas 
Astro nesthes Iuetkeni RECAN and TREWAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., 
No.5, May 30, 1929, p.16, fig.5 (on LUTKEK)• 
Astrones thes richardso nii (not POET) Lilt ken, Kon. Dan sic. Vidensk. Selsk. Slerift. 
KBbenhavn, series 6, vol.7, 1892, p.273, pi.3, figs. 1-2. Pacific Ocean. 
Depth -nearly 7; head 4 l/3. Ey© 7 in head; barbel 1 1/2 length of head, 
ending in long flattened bulb. 
Postoeular luminous organ large, nearly long as eye. lateral photophores 
32. Ventral ser es 6 between isthmua and pectoral, 15 between pectoral and 
ventral, 20 between ventral and anal, 10 or 11 between anal and caudal. 
D. 13, begins close behind ventrals and ends well before anal; A. 15; 
pectoral 8; ventral 7. Adipose dorsal and very small adipose ventral. 
Length 95 min. without caudal. (Regan and Trewavas.) 
