head from snout tip; eye o 1/5 to 4 4-/5, little greater than snout in young to 
1 1/5 vr th age, liltle greater than interorbital in young to 1 l/3 with age; 
maxillary reaches preopercle ridge; 1 to 1 l/lO in head ‘rorn snout tip; man- I 
d/.bles with (4 above and 5 below) pairs of large canines sometimes an extra 
tooth may appear so tooth is double), first enormous, slender, curved slightly 
bade find when mouth closes extend up along each side of snout we 11 above upper 
eye edge; upper teeth also project along front of mand'ble or outside lower 
paw; each palatine with 7 short straight conic teeth; interorbital 5 1/4 to 
4 1/3, abruptly declivous "behind thougl concave medially. Gill rakers minute 
obsolete denticles or not developed; gill filaments equal eye. 
Scales (pockets) 49 to 52 in median lateral series; 7 transversely at dorsal 
origin. Scales very caducous, all fallen, single crescentic series of 13 or 
14 small infraorbital photophores, first lar est and begins in small dark pig¬ 
ment blotch opposite front eye edge, entire series close to eye and otherwise 
subequal. ^elow and directly opposite eye center, close to maxillary edge. 
rather large conspicuous photophore. -axillary, cheek and opercles with other 
small photophores. Moderately large photophore between each.branchiostegal 
ray. Photophores in upper ventral row from isthmus to pectoral 10 or 11, from 
pectoral to ventral 19 or 20, from ventral to anal 23 to 25, from anal to 
caudal 10. Abdominal photophores in double median row, preventral 19, post- 
ventral 23 to 26. -any other minute photophores scattered over rest of body. 
B. 6 or 7, first ray long filament extended beyond ventral origin or 2 l/2 
to 4 l/4 in combined head and body to caudal base; ventral 4 4/5 to 7 l/4; 
adipose fin 1 1/5 to 1 l/2 in total head length, origin before anal fin origin; 
A. II, 10, opposite adipose fin, first branched ray 2 to 2 l/lO; caudal 1 l/s 
to 1 1 / 2 , forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 5 to 5 l/4; pectoral 11/4 
