1913 
D. III, 10, first branched ray 1 3/5 in head; adipose fin 3 3/5; 
A. III, 17, first branched ray P 1/8; caudal 1 1/5, deeply emarginate; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 3 7/8; pectoral 1 l/4; ventral 2 2/5, 
inserted below dorsal origin. 
Length 23 mm. 
(Brauer). 
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. 
Myctophum parvimanum (Gunther) 
tt 
ScopelU3 parvimanus GUN'iHiSR, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 5, 1864, 
p. 406. South Sea. —HUTTON, Trans. New Zealand Institute, 
vol. 5, 1872 (1873), p. 269, pi. 15, fig. 90a (Cape Campbell) 
Myctophum parvimanum NORMAN, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 4, 
Nov. 1929, p. 514, fig. 3 (type). 
Depth 4 2/5; head 3 2/5. Snout 6 in head; eye 2 1/2, greatly exceeds 
snout; maxillary extends 1/4 eye diameter beyond eye, expansion 2 in eye, 
reaches little beyond preopercle edge, length 1 2/5 in head; interorbital 
low, eye impinging little on upper profile. 
Scales cycloid, 35 in lateral line. 
