1889 
Myctophum aurolat ernatum German 
Myctophum aurolaternatum G ARMAN, Mem* Mus* Comp* Zool., vol. 24, 1899, 
p* 264, pi. 55, fig. 3, N. 6°2l» W. 80041*, surface. —-BRAHER, 
Zool. Anzeiger, vol. 28, Nr. 10, Dec. 20, 1904, p. 389 (diagnosis in 
key); Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp. Valdivia, vol. 5, Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, 
p. 162 (diagnosis in key). —PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, 
vol. 3, art. 3, 1928, p. 65 (diagnosis in key). 
Depth 4 7/8 to 5; head 3 1/5 to 3 1/4, width 2 1/5 to 2 1/4. Snout 
6 1/4 to 7 in head; eye 3 1/4 to 3 1/2, greater than snout or interorbital; 
maxillary reaches 1/2 to 3/5 eye diameter behind eye though not quite to 
«8 ' 
little inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, length 1 2/3 to 1 3/4 in 
head; interorbital 3 2/5 to 4, low, slightly convex. Gill rakers 6 + 12, 
slender, lanceolate, 1 2/5 in eye; gill filaments 3/5 gill rakers. 
Scales 37 to 39 in lateral line to caudal base, not enlarged; 3 above, 
4 below, 14 predorsal to occiput. Ventral axillary scale 1/4 in fin. 
Caudal base scaly. Scales with 2 basal radiating striae; circuli fine, 
complete. 
