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Astronesthes richardsoni JORDAN and EVEK\L4E1I, Bull. U.S.Rat. 8us•, bo.47, pt.l, 
1896, p.587 (part); pt.4, 1900, pl.94, fig.262 (copied). - BRAUER, Deutsch. 
Tiefsee Exped* Valdivia, vol.15, Tiefsee-i 1 ische, 1906, p#29 (part). - 
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BAE2IARD, Atm. South African Mus., vol.21, June 1925, p.135 (part). 
Astronesthes elucens (not BRAUER) PARR, Bull. Bingham Ooeanogr. Collection, vol# 
3, art.2, Dec.30, 1927, p.28, fig.20 (type), fig.21-a (maxillary). 
Berth 6 o/4; head 5, width 3. b nov± 5 1/2 in head from, snout tip; eye 4 
l/2, little greater than snout, equals interorbital; maxillary extends 2 eye 
diameters behind eye, length 1 l/8 in head from snout tip; 6 large premaxillary 
canines, second or third pair longest; 9 or 10 smaller maxillary teeth; pair 
of large anterior lower canines with others all graduated smaller posteriorly; 
barbel 1 2/3 in head from snout tip, simple, tapering; interorbital 4, slightly 
depressed# Gill rakers 3 4 13, short denticles, 1 l/2 in gill filaments, which 
2 l/2 in eye. 
Postorbital luminous body half pupil, close above maxillary below and behind 
eve. boner lateral series of photcoheres 15 between oectoral and ventral, 12 
between ventral and anal; lower or ventre,! series 13 (?) on isthmus, 15 between 
pectoral and ventral, 12 between ventral and vent, 15 from opposite anal origin 
to caudal. 
D* II, 9, first branched ray 1 7/s (?) in total head length; adipose fin 
3 2./5; A. II , 12, first branched ray 2 l/3 (?); caudal 1 3/4 (?), damaged, 
well forked; pectoral 1 2/3 (?); ventral 2 l/8 (?); least depth of caudal pe~ 
duncle 1 l/4 In eye. 
Body mostly blackish, where skin torn away pale brown. ~ris neutral gray* 
. 
Fins pale dusky to gray. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
