. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 9 o » o e oo«6t)<j _ « o o 5 S. Figure 23.—Vinciguerria pacifici, new species. From the type, 58 mm. long, ofF Lobos de Afuera Island, Peru ( No. 128176). Color apparently largely dusky above; sides and ventral surface bright silvery; light organs surrounded by dark at base, the sockets being black; fins exclusive of the ventrals, with dark punctulations; base of caudal with an irregular dark bar. The collection made by the Mission contains seven specimens, 57 to 65 mm. (48 to 55 mm. to base of caudal) long. These fishes, as shown
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 9 o » o e oo«6t)<j _ « o o 5 S. Figure 23.—Vinciguerria pacifici, new species. From the type, 58 mm. long, ofF Lobos de Afuera Island, Peru ( No. 128176). Color apparently largely dusky above; sides and ventral surface bright silvery; light organs surrounded by dark at base, the sockets being black; fins exclusive of the ventrals, with dark punctulations; base of caudal with an irregular dark bar. The collection made by the Mission contains seven specimens, 57 to 65 mm. (48 to 55 mm. to base of caudal) long. These fishes, as shown by the label with them, were removed from the stomach of a "skip- jack," Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus), caught 50 miles south of Lobos de Afuera Island, at latitude 7° 47' S., longitude 80° 32' W., on a line trawl in 20 fathoms. The specimens are in fair condition, nearly all characters being satisfactorily preserved in one or more individuals. A specimen ( No. 128176) 58 mm. (48 mm. to base of caudal) long has been selected as the type. On it the foUowdng propor- tions and enumerations are based: Head in length; depth ; distance from tip of snout to dorsal ; base of anal ; pectoral Eye in head; snout ; interorbital about ; maxillary ; caudal peduncle D. 13; A. 15; V. 7; P. 10; gill rakers 9 + 22. This apparently new species agrees with V. lucetia (Garman), the only other species of the genus reported from the eastern Pacific, in the number and arrangement of the photophores and also in the. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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