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Skin brown, with more or less scattered dusky specks or dots. 
Scales, sides of head and iris silvery white. Pins whitish. 
Diagnosis . Related to Diaphus agassizii but with obsolete narrow 
antorbital luminous organ and the suprapectoral photophore well below 
the hind angle of the opercle or level with the supraventral photophore, 
which nearer pectoral base than lateral line. 
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U. S. N. M 
It is also greatly like Diaphus kylei T&ning, but differs in the 
arrangement of the photophores. In that species the small antorbital 
organ is shown level with the upper eye edge, first interspace of pectoral 
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photophores longest, upper supraanal behind anal fin origin and shown well 
below lateral line. 
D. 5544. Coronado Point, S. 37° W., 21.5 miles (N. Lat. 8°16*30" E. Long. 
o . 
122 26’30"), northern Mindanao and vicinity. 759 fathoms. September 6 
1909. Length 58 mm. Type. 
D. 5451. East Point (Batan Island), S. 38° E., 8.2 miles (N. Lat. 13°22*22 M 
E. Long. 124°00 , 48 n )• 380 fathoms. June 5, 1909, Length 36 mm. 
D. 5416. Lauis Point Light, N. 12° E., 2.9 miles (N. Lat. 10°11*30" 
E. Long. 53°3"), between Cebu and Bohol. 150 fathoms. March 25, 1909. 
Length 40 to 46 mm. 3 examples. 
