1874 
Depth 4 3/5 to 4 9/10; head 3 3/5 to 3 3/4, width 1 4/5 to 2 3/5. 
Snout 5 to 6 4/5 in head from snout tip; eye 3 1/8 to 3 2/5, greater than 
snout, subequal with interorbital; maxillary reaches back well beyond eye 
though not quite opposite little inclined hind preopercle edge, expansion 
3 1/4 in eye, length 1 1/2 in head from snout tip; interorbital 3 1/8 to 
3 3/5, convex. Gill rakers 6 to 8 «f 14 to 17, lanceolate, slender, sub¬ 
equal with gill filaments or 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in eye. 
Scales 41 or 42 in lateral line to caudal base, enlarged, tubes distinct; 
3 above, 3 below, 13 predorsal to occiput. Pectoral with pointed axillary 
scale 1/6 of fin. Very small pointed scale in ventral axil. Caudal base 
scaly. Scales very caducous, mostly fallen. Scales with 6 basal radiating 
striae; circuli moderate, more or less obsolete apically. 
Small upper antorbital photophore and little larger lower; 2 operculars, 
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upper larger and little below line from lower eye edge and lower or first sub¬ 
pectoral, very small lower opercular close behind end of maxillary; 3 veiled 
equidistant branchiostegals; 5 pectorals, first interspace longest and third 
shortest; 1 suprapectoral, little below middle between lateral line and pectoral 
fin origin; 2 subpectorals, first or lower over second pectoral and nearer upper 
subpectoral than first pectoral, also slightly before suprapectoral; 5 ventrals, 
third well elevated or level with first or lower supraanal, over and little behind 
second ventral; 1 supraventral, over and little behind last pectoral or slightly 
nearer ventral fin origin than lateral line; 7 or 8 4* 8 to 10 anals, last 5 
posteroanals behind’ventral fin base; 2 supraanals, first or lower over last 
ventral and upper little posterior above and close below lateral line; 1 pos¬ 
terolateral, close below lateral line over and little behind last anteroanal; 
2 precaudals, low, posterior little higher. Supraoaudal luminous scales 5 to 7. 
