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first anal ray; A# 12 to 15; pectoral 8 or 9; ventral 7, nearer caudal base 
than snout tip* ^mall dorsal and ventral adipose fins* 
. Length 28 mm* without caudal* (Regan and Trewavas.) 
North Atlantic. 
Astr ones the s neopop; on Regan and Tfewavas 
Astronesth.es neopogon REGAN and TREFfAVAS, Danish Dana Exped. Oceanogr* Rep., 
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No. 5, May 30, 1929, p.20, pi.11, fig.l. N. 34 40 * ¥. 33 16 1 , 1000 
meters, North Atlantic* 
Depth. 7; head 4 l/2* Dye 5 in head; palatine teeth rather strong, 8 < 
each side; barbel 2/5 length of head, thich, laterally compressed, white, 
without any slender basal part. 
Postocular luminous organ very small, well separated from eye. Lateral 
•% 
photophores 17 between pectoral and ventral, 19 between ventral and anal. 
Ventral series 10 between isthmus and pectoral, 18 or 19 between pectoral end 
ventral, 17 or 18 between ventral and anal, 11 between anal and caudal. Small 
luminous dots all over body end larger spots, some forming irregular series 
from pectoral to ventrals, others lateral bend backwards from opercle and 
others scattered on back* 
D* 17, begins little behind ventral and ending not far from front of anal; 
A* 15; pectoral 9, 3/4 of head; ventral 7, median* Adipose dorsal and 
small adipose ventral* 
Length 125 mm. without caudal. (Regen and Trewavas.) 
North Atlantic. 
Astronesthes niger Richardson 
