1919 
Brown, with silvery reflections on scales. Fins pale. 
Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. Taaning gives still further variation 
for the anal photophores, as 4 j 8. His figures show the metamorphosis 
of*the larva to the adult. The vertebrae were found to be 25 to 37 in 
the adults, of which 15 lumbar end 21 caudal. 
10163 U. S. N. M. Italy. Bonaparte Collection. Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia. Length 53 to 54 mm. 3 examples. 
28433 U. S. N. M. Italy. Italian Commission. Gravid female. 
Length 65 mm. 
40063 U. S. N. M. Italy. Florence Museum. Length 34 to 53 mm. 
9 examples. 
49355 U. S, N. M. Messina. M. Bellotti. Length 44 to 55 mm. 
5 examples. 
