Abstract
Aunique 11/2-inch long fish swimming at the surface under a night light was dipnetted by Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. from the R/V OREGON in 1954, about 50 miles NE of Tampico, Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico. The generally transparent fish remained alive for about 20 min in a dish of seawater, and was photographed with 35 mm Kodachrome film under camera lights. It became opaque within about 3 min after death, was photographed again, and placed in 10% formalin (H. R. Bullis, pers. comm.). It was later drawn in lateral view, cleared with potassium hydroxide, stained with alizarin, and preserved in glycerine. Certain structures were illustrated from the cleared and
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