. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 175. Fig. 6. Lantern Fish, Gonichthys barnesi. Holotype and paratypes. Lord Howe Island. G. C. Clutton, photo. posterior dorsal rays, behind middle of standard length. Pectorals longer than ventrals, but not nearly reaching anal. Caudal forked. Colour in alcohol brownish or bluish, with burnished silvery scales on flanks. Luminous areas yellowish. Fins whitish, or with scattered dark dots. Roof of mouth blackish. Locality.—Lord Howe Island, washed up on Blinkenthorpe Beach in 1922 and 1926, after light inshore winds and smooth sea
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 175. Fig. 6. Lantern Fish, Gonichthys barnesi. Holotype and paratypes. Lord Howe Island. G. C. Clutton, photo. posterior dorsal rays, behind middle of standard length. Pectorals longer than ventrals, but not nearly reaching anal. Caudal forked. Colour in alcohol brownish or bluish, with burnished silvery scales on flanks. Luminous areas yellowish. Fins whitish, or with scattered dark dots. Roof of mouth blackish. Locality.—Lord Howe Island, washed up on Blinkenthorpe Beach in 1922 and 1926, after light inshore winds and smooth seas. Holotype and paratypes, up to 54 mm. long in Austr. Mus. (Regd. No. ) figured here. Other paratypes are Regd. Nos. and 2650. Forty-one specimens, up to a little over two inches long. Named after Mr. William Barnes, who has collected specimens in New South Wales and at Lord Howe Island, and whose labours contributed largely to the recent re-organisation of the fish collections in the Australian Museum. Australasian records of the Atlantic coruscans Richardson, 1845, may refer to this species. A deeper fish with comparatively shorter caudal peduncle, coruscans is described as having no glandular apparatus over the caudal peduncle and with the scale having about three basal furrows; 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 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Proceedings. [Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales]
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