265 
51516 u.S.H.M. vicinity of Kauai Island, Hawaiian islands. In 632 
to 881 fathoms. Albatross Station 4026. Length 70 (?) mm. Type. 
Astronestl es i;]iraai Tanaka 
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Astronesth.es ii iraai TABAICA, Journ. College Sci. Tokyo, vol.23, art * 3 , 1908, 
p.9, pl.l, fig.l. Sagami tea* - PARR, Bull* Oceanogr• Collection,vol.3, 
art.2, 'ec.3Q, 1927, p.31 (discussion). - REOAltf and TRF:r r AYAS, Pep. Banish 
Dana Thcped. Oceanogr. Pep., Po.5, Kay 30, 1929, p.18, fig.9, (copied). 
Depth 6 l/8: head 4 3/5. Snout 4 in head from snout tip; eye 4 
1 l/4 in snout; maxillary extends 1 1/3 eye diameters behind eye, length 1 1/5 
in head from snout tip; 4 long slender front upper canines, 2 in front below; 
1 or 2 minute slender teeth each side of head of vomer; palatine teeth very 
small, slender, uniserial; barbel 3 in body without caudal, tip dilated; in¬ 
terorbital 4 in head. { - r ill rakers 3 +-11, short spinous teeth in pairs. 
Suborbital luminous organ small, slightly osterior on lower eye edge* 
Lateral photon ores 19 between pectoral and ventral, 21 behind ventral# Zen*? 
tral series 8 -f 3 between isthmus and pectoral, 19 between pectoral and ven¬ 
tral, 18 between ventral and anal (2 additional before ventral origin), 13 
from anal origin to caudal (2+7 over anal). 
D. 10 or 11, length 1 1/3 in total head length; adipose fin equals eye; 
A# 12 or 13, f ’n height 2 7/8 in total head; c rdal 1 2 / 5 ; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 3 2/5; pectoral 1 4/5; ventral 1 1/2. 
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Dark brown, back and belly dark. Fins pale* Length 83 mm. without 
c audal. (Tanaka.) 
Japan. 
