1744 
Depth 3 7/8 to 4 1/4; head 3 to 3 2/5. Snout 4 in head 
from snout tip; eye 2 3/5 to 3, greater than snout or inter- 
orbital; maxillary extends 1/6 eye diameter behind eye, ex¬ 
pansion little convex behind and 1 4/5 eye, length 1 l/4 in 
head from snout tip; interorbital very low. 
Very small antorbital photophore above front eye edge 
also above nostril, another somewhat larger at front eye 
edge below; 2 optrculars, upper larger and level with upper 
hind maxillary edge; 3 branchiostegals; 5 pectorals, level, 
last 2 interspaces little closer than first two; 1 sup- 
rapectoral, slightly lower than opercular on lower part of 
pectoral bas©; 2 subpectorals, close, side by side, little 
lower than suprapectoral and second over second pectoral; 4'vent¬ 
ral s, second scarcely elevated, equidistant; 1 supraventral, 
nearly at lowest third between lateral line and Ventral fin 
base; anals 17 or 18, level, 3 or 4 behind last anal ray;base; 
3 supraanals, all close together, nearly form straight inclined 
line, first interspace greater than second, first spot level 
with supraventral and behind fourth ventral, uppermost mid¬ 
way between lateral line and anal fin origin; no postolateral; 
2 close set precaudals, second scarcely elevated. Male with 
6 or 7 supracaudal luminous scales, female with 4 or 5 in- 
fracaudal. 
