270 
28 between ventral and anal 20 (?) from opposite anal origin to caudal base; 
branchiostegals 19 
u T5, first branched ray 1 2/5 (?) in total head length; adipose fin 
6 1/5 (?); A. 11,15, first branched ray 2 l/3 ; caudal 2 (?), damaged, well 
forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 l/5; pectoral 1 2/5; ventral 1 2 / 5 . 
Color gone as most of skin lost, now mostly pale uniform brownish. Iris 
neutral slate* Fins pale brownish* 
Atlantic Ocean* 
500 fathoms* January 26, 1890* Schooner T, Polar Wave”* length 180 (?) mm 
Type 
As!,ronesthes cyclophotus Regan and Trewavas, Danish Dana Exped.Qceanogr* Red., 
0 no 
2 * 29 24 1 W* 48 8 f , 110 meters; N* 28 J 48 1 W 0 20 45 1 * 300 
o 
c 
meters; IT* 32 55 T W* 21 
51 1 , 500 meter 
Depth 4 to 5; head 3 l/8 to 3 l/2. Eye 5 to 5 l/2 in head, 1 l/2 in snout; 
palatine teetii 4 to 6 each, side; barbel 2/3 long as head, black, with white 
terminal part flattened into delicate, narrow, leaf-like structure, tapering 
to point and with opaque axis* 
Rostocular luminous organ circular, behind and well separated from eye. 
Lateral photophores 16 to 18 between pectoral and ventral, 18 or 19 between 
ventral and .anal* Ventral series 9 or 10 between isthmus and pectoral, 17 to 19 
,0 
between pectoral and ventral, 17 or 18 between ventral and anal, 11 or 12 be¬ 
tween anal and caudal* 
D* 15 or 16, begins above ventral base and ends above or immediately before 
