Diaphus similis 



Wisner, 1974 



Fig. 89— Diaphus similis. holotype, 72.2 mm. From Wisner (1974, p. 7, fig. 4). 



Description 



D. 14; A. 15-16; P. 12-13 (14); AO 6 (5-7) + 5(4), total 11 (10-12); gill rakers 7 (6-8) -(- 1 + 

 14 (13-15), total 22 (21-23); vertebrae 35 (34-36). 



D. similis is very similar to D. trachops. It differs primarily in that Vn is more rounded or 

 vertically elliptical (Fig. 90 B), and the streak of darkly pigmented tissue containing the 



Fig. 90 — Vn of (A) Diaphus trachops and (B) D. similus. and associated minute dots 

 of whitish tissue embedded in the darkly pigmented tissue at ventral margin of 

 orbit. 



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