1771 
Depth 3 4/5 in total, deepest just behind pectoral 
origin; head 4. Eye very large, 2 in head; maxillary very 
long, almost reaches end of preopercle, slender, gradually 
expanded behind where rounded; lower jaw longer than upper; 
teeth numerous, villiform. 
Scales 40 or 41 in lateral line, very broad. Very large 
opercular scale. Scales strongly ciliated or denticulated on 
margins. 
Supraanal photophores form straight line, central one 
more distant from upper than from lower; ventrals 4 or 5. 
D. II, 10, inserted considerably nearer snout than cau¬ 
dal base; adipose fin arched, pointed, above end of anal; A. 
II, 17, behind end of dorsal; caudal rays 19 and several short 
ones each side, strongly forked; pectoral 17, twice long as 
ventral, reach equally far back; ventral 8, inserted rather 
before dorsal. 
Dark brown where scales have fallen, retained scales 
brilliant irridated silver. Fins bright yellow. Length . 
about 90 mm. (Castelnau; Waite.) 
