1638 
Depth 9; head 5 1/8, width 2. Maxillary 1 2/3 in head 
from snout tip; interorbital 2, broadly convex. Gill rakers 
2 -f 22, finely lanceolate, greater than gill filaments or 
5 in head from snout tip. 
Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base; 6 transversely 
from dorsal origin; 20 predorsal. Scales very caducous, most 
all fallen. 
D. II, 8, first branched ray 1 1/6 in total head length; 
A. Ill, 11, first branched ray 2 1/5; caudal 2?, broken, 
slightly emarginate behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 
5 1/2; pectoral 1 1/3; ventral 1 2/5. 
Dark brown. Luminous organ on top of head grayish. 
Opercles blackish. Fins whitish. 
Atlantic Ocean. 
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U. S. N. M. N. 24° 36' W. 84° 5‘. In 955 
fathoms. Blake Station CCXXXIII. Length 139 mm. 
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