Myctophum ruflnum Taaning 
Myctophum ruflnum TAANING, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Poren. 
Kobenhavn, vol. 86, 1928, p. 54. North Atlantic. —PARK, Bull. 
V % * '■ 
Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, 1928, p. 65 (compiled). 
Snout little protruded over lower jaw. 
Scales cycloid. 
Pectoral photophores at same level; suprapectoral above pectoral origin; 
anals in 2 groups, 8 or 9-f* 5 to 7; supraanals in right or nearly right 
angle, first above third ventral or slightly advanced; 1 posterolateral. 
Supracaudal lateral plates extend from second dorsal to caudal in adult 
male. 
D. 14 or 15; A. 19 to 21, space from anal origin to caudal less than 
space from eye center to anal and last anal ray in line passing through 
first and second posteroanals. 
(Taaning.) 
North Atlantic. Related to Myctophum evermann. 
