of mouth pale, becoming dusky posteriorly to dark lining in upper part of inner opercula chamber, appearing as a
dark triangle externally. Eye with dark upper and lower margin, suborbital pale with scattered silvery tint. Spinous
dorsal with dark tip, distal margin of soft dorsal dusky; pectoral fin axil with a black blotch. Pelvic and anal fin pale
to yellowish. Caudal lightly and evenly dusted. Belly with photophores along scale rows, 4–5 prominent rows
above anal base to lower part of caudal peduncle. Peritoneum variably sprinkled with large, stellate,
chromatophores, especially in anterior portion of the body cavity