2085 
Lampanyotus ritteri Gilbert 
Lampanyotus ritteri GILBERT. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, vol. 48, 
1915, p. 318, pi. 15, fig. 3. Off San Clemente Island; 
Monterey Bay, California; 350 to 599 fathoms. —PARR, Bull. 
Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, 1928, p. 89 
(diagnosis in key); Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., vol. 76, 1929, p. 23, 
fig. 11 (type). 
Depth 5 1/5; head 33/4, width 2 2/5. Snout 7 3/4 in head from snout 
tip; eye 4 4/5, greater than snout, 1 1/8 in interorbital; maxillary extends 
1 1/2 eye diameters behind eye or not quite to hind inclined preopercle 
edge, slender, length 1 2/5 in head; interorbital 4, low. Gill rakers 
5 f 11, slender, lanceolate, 1 1/3 in eye; gill filaments 4/5 gill rakers. 
Scales 38 in lateral line to caudal base, enlarged; 4 above, 3 below, 
12 predorsal to occiput. Scales very caducous, most all lost. 
