. Fig. ID. Argyropelecus gigas. Holotype. (x i.) long teeth in the lower jaw; palatines toothless or with a few feeble teeth anteriorly. Eleven gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Praedorsal ridge rather high, length of exposed portion of last spine if to if in base of dorsal fin. Arrangement of photophores similar to that of A. affinis. Dorsal 9. Anal 13. Described from 3 specimens, 44 to 87 mm. in length, of which the largest is selected as the holotype. Hab. Atlantic. In addition to the characters mentioned in the synopsis above, this species may be readily distinguished from A. aff
. Fig. ID. Argyropelecus gigas. Holotype. (x i.) long teeth in the lower jaw; palatines toothless or with a few feeble teeth anteriorly. Eleven gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Praedorsal ridge rather high, length of exposed portion of last spine if to if in base of dorsal fin. Arrangement of photophores similar to that of A. affinis. Dorsal 9. Anal 13. Described from 3 specimens, 44 to 87 mm. in length, of which the largest is selected as the holotype. Hab. Atlantic. In addition to the characters mentioned in the synopsis above, this species may be readily distinguished from A. affinis by the form of the spine at the angle of the prae- operculum.
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