2165 
Antorbital luminous body along front eye edge, larger above and 
narrowing below, also small photophore at middle of lower eye edge; 
2 operculars, upper larger, and in line with lower orbital and second 
ventral spots; 3 branchiostegals; 5 pectorals, first interval longest, 
fourth spot elevated till level with third ventral, and little nearer 
third pectoral in interval from same to fifth pectoral; 1 suprapectoral, 
near upper third in space between lateral line and pectoral fin origin; 
2 subpectorals, in inclined line with first pectoral, first median and 
second or upper close before lower pectoral ray bases, which also little 
behind sunrapectoral; 5 ventrals, first to third in inclined line with 
third highest; 1 supraventral, about upper 2/5 in space between lateral 
line and ventral base; anals 8 4* 5, level, posteroanals behind anal fin 
base; 3 supraanals, in broadly angular row, first and second in inclined 
line with last ventral, equidistant, upper or third close below lateral 
line and little advanced from median; 1 posterolateral, close below lateral 
line over last anteroanal; 4 precaudals, first 3 close, in inclined row and 
fourth above and slightly posterior to third rather close below end of 
lateral line. Luminous scale below suprapectoral photophore, 
D. IV, 10, first branched ray 2 in head; adipose fin 3 1/3; A. III, 13, 
first branched ray 2 l/B; caudal 1 l/lO, forked; pectoral 2 1/31 ventral 
1 2/3. 
Length 20 mm. (Brauer.) 
Tropical Atlantic. 
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