Diaphusgarmani 



Gilbert, 1906 



Fig. 95 — Diaphus garmani, female, 51.6 mm. 



Description 



D. 15 (14-16); A. 16 (15-17); P. 11 (10-12); AO 7 (6-8) -^ 5 (4-6), total 12 (11-14); gill rakers 7 

 (6-8)-)- 1 -I- 13 (14), total 20 (19-21); vertebrae 35 (34-36). 



Pre series not widely spaced; Prc3.4 interspace about twice those between Prc,.2 and Prc-j.a. 

 A small, round luminous organ lies above and slightly behind Dn; this organ is found also in 

 D. problematic us andD. splendidus (following). Dn of males larger and more clearly defined 

 than Dn of females. Vn larger than Dn in females, but of equal size or smaller than Dn in 

 males. 



Size: To about 55 mm. 



Least depth of capture: Readily dip-netted at night and taken at 250 m or less in daytime. 

 Nakamura (1970) reported hundreds of thousands ofD. garmani at the surface at night at 

 Christmas Island. 



Distribution: Known from about 30° S, 80° W, northerly to about Acapulco, Mexico, wes- 

 terly to Hawaii, and toward Japan to about 35°-40° N, 165° E (Fig. 96). 



Diaphus problematicus 



Parr, 1928 



Fig. 96 — Diaphus problematicus, male, 50.8 mm. 



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