2194 
4 examples with 33503 U. S. N. M. N. 39°44»30" W. 71°4», 1022 fathoms. 
Albatross Collection (2090). September 21, 1883. Length 32 to 42 mm. 
As Myotophum mulleri . 
1 example with 49357 U. S. N. M. Messina, Italy. M. Bellotti. Length 
70 mm. 
~Gilbert 
Dlaphus anteorbitalis GILBERT, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 2, 
Aug. 1913, p. 92, pi. 12, fig. 1. N. Lat. 33 o 24*50" E. Long. 
135°38*40 w , in 253 fathoms (off Shiro Misako). — PARR, Bull. 
Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, Dec.1928, p. 119 
(compiled); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 76, 1929, p. 41 (type). 
Lamprossa anteorbitalis JORDAN and HUBBS, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, 
No. 2, June 27, 1925, p. 156 (Misaki). 
Depth 4 1/4 to 4 1/3; head 3 2/5 to 3 1/2, width 2 to 2 l/5. Snout 
5 to 6 1/5 in head; eye 3 2/5 to 3 4/5, greater than snout, 1 to 1 1/8 in 
interorbital; maxillary reaches well beyond eye, not quite opposite well 
inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, length 1 2/7 to 1 4/5 in head; 
interorbital 3 2/3 to 3 3/4, convex. Gill rakers 54 . 11, lanceolate, 1 1/3 
in eye, twice gill filaments. 
Scales 35 in lateral line to caudal base and 1 more on latter, not 
enlarged, tubes simple, moderate.? 4 above, 4 below, 13 predorsal to occiput. 
Axillary ventral scale 1/3 of fin. Caudal base scaly. Scales with 5 
basal and 5 apical radiating striae; circuli moderate. 
