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32 1 3 ", in 3000 meters). - PARR, Bull* Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 
3, art. 2, Dec. 30, 1927, p.36 (compiled). - REGAN and TRE7AVAS , Danish Dana 
Exped. Oceanogr. Rep., Ho.5, May 30, 1929, p.23, pi. 2, fig. 3 (IT. 8 ° to 
28 VT. 20 to 66 , 50 to 6000 meters). - NORMAN, Discovery ^'ep., vol. 2, 
1930, p.306 (S. 00 ° 56 * T7. 14 ° 8 * 30 ’’). 
Depth 4 1/2 to 5 l/2j head 3 1 2 to 4 l/4. Eye 4 to 5 in head; rather 
strong palatine teeth directed backwards, rather close series of 8 to 12 each 
side; barbel l/2 to 1 1/2 length of head, white or very lightly pigmented, al¬ 
most uniformly thick for basal 3/4, then somewhat thicker and slightly lateral¬ 
ly compressed, near end strongly flattened in other direction and terminal e.rt 
translucent with apaque axis; with age barbel l/2 head, pigmented, tapering al 
most to tip, ending in a minute white bulb with pigmented strip on each side 
meeting over tip# 
Postooular luminous organ elongated, extends forward below pupil. Lateral 
p otophones 5 between gill opening and ventral, 6 to 8 between ventral and anal 
/entral series 5 between isthmus and pectoral, 5 or 6 between pectoral and ven¬ 
tral, 8 or 9 between ventral and anal, 7 to 9 between anal and caudal. Large 
white patches of luminous tissue present on sides of body with age, in definite 
positions near dorsal and ventral ends of opercle, behind and little above pec¬ 
toral base, 1 before ventral, and 2 (lateral and dorsal) above. 
D. 15 or 16, begins over or little behind ventral base and ends above first 
to seventh anal ray; A* 14 to 16, usually 14; pectoral 7 or 8; ventral 7, 
median. 
Length 103 mm. withoi ! t caudal. (Ke^an and Trewavas.) 
Atlantic and Indian Oceans. 
