3 from Chile (135.8-165.2 mm SL), FAKU CP 344, 348, 745.
Description:
D 4-6, 62-68; A 59-62; P1 22-23; P2 5; GR 7-8+0+18-22=25-29; BR 7; LLS 25-26.
HL 26.8-27.0 % of SL; ED 4.8-5.3; SN 7.6-8.6; IO 7.7-8.3; UJ 13.4-13.9; CP 2.2-2.9; P1L 14.2-17.6; P2L 13.8-16.9; D1H 6.4-8.7; D2H 9.0-12.5; AH 7.7-9.1.
Body elongate and compressed with slightly depressed head. Head large, about 3.7 times in SL. Snout short and round, its length equal to interorbital width. Eye rather large. Interorbital region flat. A small barbel on chin. Two nostrils, anterior one with fringed flap. Mouth large, oblique; end of maxilla extending to posterior margin of pupil. Freshy lips slightly developed on both jaws. Biserial canine teeth on both jaws; outer row enlarged. Several small teeth on vomer. No teeth on palatine. Pseudobranchiae absent. Gill-rakers moderate in size. Small cycloid scales present all over body except on lips, ithsmus, and dorsal and anal fin bases. Pectoral fin round, its base situated under first dorsal fin origin. Pelvic fins at about level of posterior margin of preopercle in position and well separated from each other. Luminescent organ present around anus. Anus situated below 2nd or 3rd ray of 2nd dorsal fin. Single lateral line consists of dotted pores, running from upper insertion of opercle to about end of second dorsal fin, curving downward posterior to pectoral fin, thereafter straight from anterior one-third of anal fin base. Body brown and all fins more or less black.
Distribution:
Chilean Patagonia, bathypelagic.
Remarks:
Possibly new to science. Further study is proceeding.