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D. II, 11, first branched ray 1 4/5 in head; adipose fin 3 1/3; 
A* II, 14, first branched ray 2 1/4; caudal 1 1/5, well forked; pectoral 
2 1/4; ventral 1 3/4. 
Bark brown along dorsal region of body, reaching half way to lateral 
line and less marked brown tinge along ventral region. In middle of body 
coloring matter nearly absent and scales with bright silvery appearances. 
Length not given, figure 73 mm. (Gilbert.) 
Antarctic and Pacific Oceans. As mentioned by Gilchrist this species 
appears to be unique in the presence of 5 precaudal photophores. 
Lampa ny ctus tenuiformis (Brauer) 
Myctophum ( Lampanyctus ) tenuiforme B RAUER, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp, 
Valdivia , vol. 15, Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, p. 243, text fig. 160 
(trunk). S. Lat. 4°34»8" 1. Long. 53 0 42*8", between Seychelles 
and Zanzibar. —PAPPENHEIM, Deutsch. Sudpolar Exp., vol. 15, 
Zool. pt. 7, 1914, p. 197 (N. 0°46* W. 18°59», 3000 meters, south 
east of Cape Verde Islands). 
* 
Lampanyctus tenulforme PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, 
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vol. 3, art. 3, 1928, p. 83 (compiled). 
Depth 5; head 3. Eye 6 in head; maxillary extends well beyond eye. 
Scales 37 or 38 in lateral lihe, cycloid. 
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