1847 
Antorbital photophores small, as upper well elevated at 
front eye edge and lower low at lower front eye edge; 2 oper¬ 
cular s, lower often verled or indistinct; 3 equidistant veiled 
branchiostegals; 5 pectorals, second interspace usually longest; 
1 suprapectoral close above origin of pectoral fin; 2 sub¬ 
pectorals, front or lower before suprapectoral though little 
behind second pectoral, upper close below, lowest pectoral fin 
rays; 4 ventrals, equidistant; 1 supraventral about same level 
as upper subpectoral; 6 or 7 - 9 to 11 anals, usually most of 
posteroanals behind anal fin base; 3 supraanals, first or lowest 
over last ventral, second little higher and posterior and third 
slightly above middle of body or lateral line and anal fin ori¬ 
gin; 1 posterolateral over last anteroanal slightly below mid¬ 
dle in space below lateral line; 2 precaudals, close set, low. 
D. Ill, 8, I, first branched ray 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 in head; 
adipose fin 2 to 2 3/5; A. Ill, 15, I, first branched ray 1 3/4 
to 2 1/4; caudal 1 1/5 to 1 1/4, forked; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 4 1/2 to 4 4/5; pectoral 2; ventral 2 2/5 to 2 3/4. 
