Fig. 97— Capture localities in the eastern Pacific Ocean for Diaphus garmani (open 

 trianglesi, D. schmidti (open circles), D.Jenseni (solid squares), and D. matayanus (solid 

 circles). 



Description 



D. 16; A. 17; P. 12; AO 6 + 4-5; gill rakers 4+1 + 9(8) (the lowest count of any known 

 diaphici species); vertebrae 35. 



Only four specimens were available for study; these all had the low gill raker count, but 

 the PLO appears to be higher than that shown by Parr (1928) and by Nafpaktitis (1968) for 

 specimens from the North Atlantic. One large and one small specimen had the SAO^ set 

 behind a line through SAO1.2, a pattern similar to that found in D. splendidus and D. 

 coeruleus. One AOp over anal base. Dn and Vn of about equal size and connected by a thin 

 streak of luminous tissue close to orbital rim; Vn of males somewhat larger than that of 

 females. 



Size: To about 80 mm. 



Least depth of capture: To 180 m at night. 



Distribution: In the eastern Pacific this species is known only from about 06° N to 10° S 

 along 135° W. 



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