Dark brown, scale pockets blackish. Head and inside gill opening 
blackish. Iris dark gray. Fins brownish. 
Atlantic Ocean. Distinguished from Lampanyctus crocodilus (RISSO) 
by the absence of luminous scales on the adpiose fin and by the presence 
of only 2 photophores on each cheek. 
89715 U. S. N. M. N. 24°51* W. 76°37 , 30 M , Exuma Sound, Bahamas. Pawnee 
Station 26. March 17, 1927, Bingham Oceanographic Collection. Length 
58 mm. Paratype. 
