. 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 1
. 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 Atlantic.
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