334 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Diaphus brachycephalus, Taning. 



Tailing, 1928, t.c. p. 59; Parr, t.c. p. 119. 



St. 288. 21. viii. 27. 00° 56' 00" S, 14° 08' 30" W. Young-fish trawl, 250 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 

 22-25 mm. 



St. 293. 24. viii. 27. 4° 18' 15" N, 16° 51' 00" W. Young-fish trawl, 100-120 (-0) m.: i specimen, 

 26 mm. 



Depth of body 3I in the length, length of head about 3. Diameter of eye a little less 

 than 3 in length of head. Dorsal 13 ; origin opposite root of pelvic. Anal 14; origin a 

 little behind last dorsal ray. Pectoral i2(?). Pelvic 9. 32 scales in the lateral line. 

 Photophores all large. Upper antorbital organ small, rounded, entirely above nostril and 

 well separated from that of opposite side. First 



suborbital long and narrow, extending from nostril /M^^ 



to behind lens of eye ; second small, oval in shape, ^-^'^ "^^^^24^ — <2__.^^^P 



situated close behind the first. No supraorbital ^X\ \^ °^ "^ss^s^^^^^^ 



organ. PLO without luminous scale, much nearer ^==:^Ls^^;^<i^'^^=^^^^ ^^^S 



pectoral fin than lateral line. 2 PVO, the lower ^m ^^ 



below pectoral base. 5 PO, the interspace between ^.^ ^ ^ ^.^^,^^ brachycephalus. ( x 2.) 



first and second greater than that between any of 



the remainder; fourth elevated, opposite space between third and fifth. VLO much 



nearer pelvic fin than lateral line. 5 VO, third elevated, second, fourth and fifth level. 



3 SAO, third about equidistant from lateral line and ventral series of photophores. 



AO4-5 + 4; fifth anteroanal a little elevated. Pol well below lateral line. 4 Pre, forming 



a slight curve. 



Described from two specimens, 22-25 "^"^- i^^ length. 



Hab. Atlantic. 



Diaphus rafinesquei (Cocco, 1838). 



Brauer, t.c. p. 223, figs. 144-145; Taning, t.c. p. 60; Parr, t.c. pp. 119, 131, figs. 



St. loi. 15.X. 26. 33° 50' to 34° 13' S, 16° 04' to 15° 49' E. 4I m. net, horizontal, 3 50-400 (-o)m.: 

 7 specimens, 25-70 mm. 



St. 241. 5. vi. 27. 40° 34' 30" S, 36° 35' 30" W. 70 cm. tow-net, horizontal, 49 (-0) m. : i 

 specimen, 20 mm. 



St. 257. 24. vi. 27. 35° 01' 00" S, 10° 18' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 25o(-o)m. : 3 specimens, 

 16-18 mm. 



St. 266. 21. vii. 27. 29° 34' 00" S, 14° 24' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 20o(-o)m. : 5 specimens, 

 20-32 mm. 



St. 267. 23. vii. 27. 24° 31' 00" S, 12° 15' 30" E. Young-fish trawl, 450-550 (-0) m. : 6 specimens, 

 20-31 mm. I m. tow-net, obhque, 117 (-0) m. : 5 specimens, 18-36 mm. 



St. 268. 25. vii. 27. 18° 37' 00" S, 10° 46' 00" E. Young-fish trawl, 100-150 (-0) m. : 2 specimens, 

 31-32 mm. 



St. 285. 16. viii. 27. 2° 43' 30" S, 00° 56' 30" W. 4i m. net, horizontal, 125-175 (-0) m. : 3 

 specimens, 31-48 mm. 



