2064 
D. II or III, 9, I or 10, I, first branched ray 1 1/4 to 1 1/2? in 
total head length; adipose fin 3 to 4; A. Ill, 15, I, first branched ray 
1 3/4 to 2; caudal 1 1/4 to 1 l/3?, forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 
3 1/3 to 3 2/3; pectoral 1 1/3 to 2; ventral 2 1/5 to 2 1/4. 
Brown. Opercles and belly blackish. Iris with whitish luminous 
blotches. Fins pale or whitish. 
Diagnosis . Apparently differs from all the species known to me in 
the elevated and advanced second ventral photophore, which at least higher 
than lower subpectoral and caudal peduncle slender. 
Type. No. U. S. N. M. 
D. 5497. Bantigui Island, N. 64° W., 10 miles (N. 9°7*15" E. 124°59 , 30*), 
between Leyte and Mindanao. In 960 fathoms. August 3, 1909. Length 60 
and 61 mm. Type (larger) and paratype. 
D. 5185. I.usaran Light, N. 23° E., 25.50 miles (N. 10°5*45* e. 122°18 , 30 M ), 
between Panay and Negros. In 638 fathoms. March 30, 1908. Length 34 to 
39 mm. 2 examples. 
D. 5125. Nogas Island (W. ), S. 11° E., 24 miles (N. 10°48* E. 121°48*30"), 
Sulu Sea, vicinity southern Panay. In 411 fathoms. February 3, 1908. 
Length 42 mm. 
(To Mr. Percy J. Turner, of Suva, Fiji, to whom I am indebted for 
interesting fishes from Fiji.) 
