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Small antorbital luminous organ close along lower front eye edge; 
2 opercular photophores, upper little larger and about on line with 
lower eye edge and upper subopercle; 3 equidistant veiled branchiostegals; 
5 pectorals, fourth well elevated above pectoral fin base though opposite 
middle of space between third and fifth and interspace between first 
and second greatest; 1 supraventral, close below lateral line and well 
before 2 subpectorals, of which upper before and opposite middle of 
pectoral base and lower midway between upper and well before second 
peotoral; 5 ventrals, second elevated though not quite high as fourth 
pectoral or first supraanal and little before first ventral; 1 supra¬ 
ventral on or close above lateral line opposite ventral fin origin; 
5 j> 6 anals, posteroanals behind anal fin base; 3 supraanals, first over 
or little behind fourth ventral, second little lower to level and 
opposite anal fin origin, third on or close above lateral line little 
before first anteroanal; 2 posteroanals, lower little before upper and 
in inclined line with upper on lateral line and last anteroanal; 3 
precaudals in inclined line, lowest near tail edge at lower rudi¬ 
mentary caudal rays and uppermost at end of lateral line. Precaudal 
supracaudal luminous plates 3, infracaudals 5. 
D* III, 12, first branched ray 3/4 in total head length; adipose 
fin 4; A* III, 12, first branched ray 1 2/3 to 2; caudal 1 1/3? to 1 2/5, 
deeply forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 1/3; pectoral ?; 
ventral 2. 
