. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 310 DISCOVERY REPORTS broader than the stem in adults, but forming a more or less definite bulb in the young. Five fixed teeth in lower jaw. A pair of teeth on basibranchials. Dorsal 20-23. Anal 23-26. Pectoral 7-9. Pelvic 7. Photophores—in ventral series I-P lo-ii; P-V 34-36; V-A 13-15; A-C 12-13: in lateral series 0-V 32-35; V-A 12-14. Described from 24 specimens, 38 to 290 mm. in length. Hab. North and South Atlantic. mil Hill III 11,1111 li J' I. , . ' -"'Ji.'"." J'^!i'Uli.'y,;7U'"v., ^..^1 .11 ,,. Fi
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions. 310 DISCOVERY REPORTS broader than the stem in adults, but forming a more or less definite bulb in the young. Five fixed teeth in lower jaw. A pair of teeth on basibranchials. Dorsal 20-23. Anal 23-26. Pectoral 7-9. Pelvic 7. Photophores—in ventral series I-P lo-ii; P-V 34-36; V-A 13-15; A-C 12-13: in lateral series 0-V 32-35; V-A 12-14. Described from 24 specimens, 38 to 290 mm. in length. Hab. North and South Atlantic. mil Hill III 11,1111 li J' I. , . ' -"'Ji.'"." J'^!i'Uli.'y,;7U'"v., ^..^1 .11 ,,. Fig. 18. Odontostomias micropogon. Holotype. (x J.) Odontostomias masticopogon, 28. X. 25. 13° 25' N, 18° 22' W. 4^ m. net, horizontal, 900 (-0) m.: i specimen, 290 mm. Depth of body nearly 10 in the length, length of head 7|. Diameter of eye about 6 in length of head. No postocular luminous organ. Barbel i^ times length of fish; bulb (and possibly part of stem) apparently broken off. Four fixed teeth in lower jaw. No teeth on basibranchials. Dorsal 23. Anal 26 (or 27). Pectoral 9. Pelvic 7. Photophores —in ventral series I-P 10; P-V 36; V-A 14; A-C .'': in lateral series O-V 35; V-A 15. Described from a single specimen, 290 mm. in length; holotype of the species. Hab. North Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography; Great Britain. Colonial Office. "Discovery" Committee. London, New York, Cambridge University Press
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