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Depth 4 1/5 to 4 1/2; head 3 1/6 to 3 3/5, width 2 2/5 to 2 3/4. 
Snout 5 3/5 to 10 in head; eye 3 3/5 to 4, greater than snout, greater 
than interorbital in young to subequal with age; maxillary extends little 
less than eye diameter behind eye though not quite to inclined hind 
maxillary edge, slender, length 1 2/5 to 1 l/2 in head; interorbital 
3 to 3 1/2, level. Gill rakers 5 f 12, lanceolate, slender, 1 1/8 in 
ays? gill filaments 3/5 gill rakers. 
Scales 36 in lateral line, enlarged; 3 above. Caudal base scaly. 
Scales usually very caducous, all fallen in most specimens. 
Small antiorbital photophore nearly median on front eye edge; 2 oper- 
culars, upper little larger on level with lower eye edge and line passing 
between subpectorals, lower close behind and below hind maxillary end; 3 
equidistant veiled branchiostegals; 5 pectorals, of lower 4 photophores 
first and third interspaces subequally longer than second or median, fourth 
spot elevated level with pectoral fin origin over and little behind third 
pectoral; 1 suprapectoral, about upper 2/5 between lateral line and pectoral 
fin origin, over subpectorals; 2 3ubpectorals, first or lower close below 
upper, well before second pectoral, upper opposite lower median pectoral fin 
ray bases; 4 ventrals, level, first interspace little longer than others; 
1 supraventral, midway between lateral line and first ventral; 6+7 anals, 
anteroanals slightly arched, posteroanals behind anal fin base; 3 supraanals, 
in oblique line from last ventral photophore, first or lowest little closer last 
ventral photophore than median which also little closer to first than third or 
uppermost which rather close below lateral line little before first anteroanal; 
1 posterolateral, above and little posterior to sixth anteroanal; 4 precaudals 
arched on lower caudal lobe base with first at lower rudimentary caudal rays 
then other gradually higher with fourth rather well below lateral line. Supra- 
caudal luminous scales 6 or 7, infracaudals 7 to 9. 
