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Myctophum (Myctophum) parallelum BRAUER. Deutsch. 
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Tiefsee Exped. Valdivia, vol. 5, Tiefsee-Fische, 
». * * 
1906, p. 174, fig. 86 (compiled). 
« 
Depth 3 1/2 to 4; head 3 1/5 to 3 1/4. Snout 4 2/5 in 
head; eye 2 1/5 to 2 1/2, greatly exceeds snout; maxillary 
reaches opposite hind eye edge, broadly expanded; interorbit¬ 
al very narrow, 1/10 of eye. 
Five pectorals, photophores all level; suprapectoral 
photophore on lower part of pectoral base near anterior sub¬ 
pectoral; 2 subpectorals, close, side by side, below pectoral 
fin base; 4 ventrals, second scarcely elevated; 1 supraventral, 
nearer ventral fin than lateral line; anals 15 to 18, in 
almost straight line, last 4 behind anal fin base; 3 supraanals, 
interspace between first and second greater than that between 
second and third, forms very obtuse angle; precaudals well 
separated. Two large infracaudal luminous plates, nearer 
caudal than anal. 
, * * 
D. 12; A. 22. Length 42 mm., without caudal. (Lttnnberg, 
Norman.) 
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Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. 
