1884 
Myctophum caninianum (not VALENCIENNES) gBniHER, Rep* Voy* Challenger, 
vol. 31, pt* 2, 1889, p* 30 (neighborhood of Nev Guinea; passage to 
Admiralty Islands)* . 
Depth 4 1/2 to 5 1/8; head 3 1/8 to 3 1/3, width 2 l/2 to 2 3/5* Snout 
4 2/3 to 5 3/5 in head; eye 3 1/3 to 3 1/2, greater than snout or interorbital; 
maxillary reaches well beyond eye, not quite to well inclined hind preopercle 
edge, expansion 2 l/4 to 2 1/3 in eye, length 1 2/5 in head; interorbital 
3 1/4 to 3 2/3, low or but slightly convex. Gill rakers 8 4 14, lanceolate, 
1 2/3 in eye, equal gill filaments. 
Scales 38 or 39 in lateral line, scarcely enlarged; 4 above, 5 below. 
Caudal base scaly. Scales with 5 basal radiating striae; circuli coarse, 
obsolete apical ly. 
