. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. MESOPELAGIC FISHES FROM VEMA SEAMOUNT 241 Lepidophanes supralateralis (Parr, 1928) Fig. 2 Lampanyctus supralateralis Parr, 1928: 94, fig. 12. Lampanyctus [Lepidophanes) supralateralis Fraser-Brunner, 1949: 1091, fig. Lepidophanes supralateralis Bolin, 1959: 34. ? Lampanyctus superlateratus: Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 {lapsus calami). Material SAM 26614, I (45,3 mm). Description D 13; A 14; P 14; V 8; gill-rakers 6 + 1-|-12 = 19. Crescent of luminous tissue on posterior rim of iris; PLO, SAO3,
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. MESOPELAGIC FISHES FROM VEMA SEAMOUNT 241 Lepidophanes supralateralis (Parr, 1928) Fig. 2 Lampanyctus supralateralis Parr, 1928: 94, fig. 12. Lampanyctus [Lepidophanes) supralateralis Fraser-Brunner, 1949: 1091, fig. Lepidophanes supralateralis Bolin, 1959: 34. ? Lampanyctus superlateratus: Grindley & Penrith, 1965: 283 {lapsus calami). Material SAM 26614, I (45,3 mm). Description D 13; A 14; P 14; V 8; gill-rakers 6 + 1-|-12 = 19. Crescent of luminous tissue on posterior rim of iris; PLO, SAO3, Pol and PrCg just above lateral line; VLO well below lateral line; PO 5, the fourth elevated; VO 5, the posterior four forming a straight descending series from elevated second; SAO 3, weakly angulate; AO 5+45 Pol 2; Pre 3, well separated from AOP; 2 supracaudal and 3 infracaudal plates; 4 luminous scales on base of anal. Remarks This specimen represents the first record of the species in the eastern South Atlantic. Grindley & Penrith (1965) have recorded specimens as L. super- lateratus Parr from the south-western Indian Fig. 2. Lepidophanes supralateralis (Parr). Scale 10 mm. Family Melamphaeidae Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883) Plectromus suborbitalis Gill, 1883: 258. Norman, 1929: 157. Melamphaes suborbitalis Giinther, 1887: 30. Fowler, 1936: 1265 {partim). Ebeling, 1962: 56, fig. 23. (For fiall synonymy see Ebeling 1962: 56.) Material SAM 26615, I (76,0 mm).. 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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