2104 
D. Ill, 11, I, first branched ray 1 2/5 to 2 1/5 in total head 
length; adipose fin 4 1/4 to 5 1/2; A. Ill, 13, I to III, 15, I, first 
branched ray 1 2/3 to 2 1/8; caudal 1 1/10, forked; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 2 2/3 to 4; ventral 1 4/5 to 2; pectoral about 3 to 3 1/8 
in combined head and body to caudal base. 
Dull brownish, scale pockets dusky. Iris deep brown. Opercle and 
inside mouth dusky to blackish. Iris gray. Fins pale to whitish. 
Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
35604 U. S. N. M. N. 39° W. 71°. Albatross Collection. Length 
173 mm. Type of Lampanyctus gemmifer . 
40049 U. S. N. M. Nice, France. Florence Museum. Length 203 mm. 
49350 U. S. N. M. Nice. M. Bellotti. Length 165 mm. 
and A.N.S.F. Messina, 
Italy. C. L. Bonaparte Collection (467). Dr. T. B. Wilson. Length 53 
to 81 mm. 2 examples. In very poor preservation. Largely agree with 
C0Q00*3 figure of Nyctophus bonapartii . This shows the pectoral fin reaching 
back far as last fourth in the anal base while in my specimens all damaged 
now probably never extended beyond the anal fin origin. In the larger 
specimen above from Nice the pectorals do not appear to have extended beyond 
the middle of the depressed ventrals. 
