3b Teeth evenly spaced along entire length of
palatine; length of posterior ventral expansion
of maxilla greater than length of distal margin
of maxilla ; males with supracaudal gland only ,
comprising 5 or 6 black-edged , diamond-shaped
partially coalesced scales ; females with
infracaudal gland only, comprising 5-7
well-separated luminous patches ........ ... ... ... ..... P. (P.) choriodon
4a Total GR 18-21; males with single , large ,
supracaudal gland, extending from procurrent
C rays to adipose base , and small infracaudal
gland ; fem ales with single, minute , supracaudal
gland only ... ............ ... .... ... .. .. ... .... .. ..... .... . P. (P.) andriashevi
4b Total GR 22-28 ; males with supracaudal and infracaudal
glands; females with or without supracaudal and infracaudal
glands or with infracaudal gland only .. ... .. ... ..... .... ...... ... ......... 5
Sa Prays .16-18 ; males with single supracaudal
gland, extending about 70% of distance between
procurrent C rays and adipose base, and single
(sometimes bifid) infracaudal gland ; females
with single small supracaudal gland and minute
infracaudal gland ...... .... .... .... .. .. ...... .... ........ P. (P.) gemmatum
5b Prays 13-15; males with supracaudal and infracaudal glands;
females with well-developed infracaudal gland only or
with well-developed supracaudal and infracaudal glands
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6a Males with single supracaudal gland , extending
about 60% of distance from procurrent C rays to
adipose base; infracaudal gland of 2-4 separate,
indistinct , luminous scales, posteriormost being
the best developed ; females with infracaudal gland
only, of 2-4 separate, luminous scales; total GR
25-28 (rarely 24) .... .... ........ ... ...... .. .. ............ ... P. (P.) normani
6b Males with single supracaudal gland , extending
about 50% of distance from procurrent C rays to
adipose base, and single , coalesced infracaudal
gland extending from procurrent C rays to A base ;
females with single , globular supracaudal gland
and single , minute , black-edged infracaudal gland ;
total GR 22-24 (rarely 25) .. .... ........ ...... ...... .... . P. (P.) luciferum
86.111 Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) andriashevi
Bekker, 1963
Electrona (Protomyctophum) bolini Fraser-Brunner, 1949: 1099 (in
part). Protomyctophum andriashevi Bekker, 1963: 19, Fig. 2 (42°16'S,
39°00'W). Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) ? andriashevi: Hulley ,
1972: 218. Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) andriashevi: McGinnis,
1974: 53*; Hulley, 1981: 16* .
86.111 Protomyctophum (P.) andriashevi: 5.5 em SL.
86: MYCfOPHIDAE (LANTERNFISHES)
013-14; A 22-25; P 15-17; GR (4-5)+(14-17) ; AO 15-17.
Attains 60 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 100 - 200 m
(night) . Taken once in our area at 29°30'S, 10
0
03'E. Circumglobal between Subtropical Convergence and Antarctic Polar Front.
86.112 Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) bolini
(Fraser-Brunner, 1949)
My ctophum tenisoni Norman, 1930: 321 (in part) . Electrona (Proto·
myctophum) bolini Fraser-Brunner, 1949: 1045 , 1099, Fig. 12 (in part ;
45°18'S, 18°58'E) . Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) bolini: Andriashev, 1962: 232* ; Hulley , 1972: 218; 1981 : 17* ; McGinnis , 1974: 62* .
012-14; A 23-26; P 14-16; GR (4-6)+(15-18) ; AO 17-18.
Attains 67 mm. High-oceanic, mesopelagic; 608 - 728 m
(day); 364 - 426 m (night). Recorded from near our area
(41°40' -45°25'S, 17°17'- 36°32'E). Circumglobal between
Subtropical Convergence and Antarctic Divergence.
86.112 Protomyctophum (P.) bolini: 4.5 em SL.
86.113 Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) choriodon
Hulley, 1981
Protomyctophum (Protomyctophum) choriodon Hulley, 1981: 20, Figs .
10, 12 (35°47'S , 52°52'W) .
012-14; A 22-25 ; P 14-16; GR (6-7)+(18-21); AO 15-17.
Attains 95 mm . High-oceanic, mesopelagic; upper 100 m
(night). Not yet recorded from our area. Western Atlantic
(36°- 51 OS); probably circumglobally distributed in these
latitudes.
86.113 Protomyctophum (P.) choriodon: 8 em SL.
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