2148 
Diaphus microps Brauer 
Myctophun ( Nyctophus ) microps BRAUER, Zool. Anzeiger, vol. 28, Nr. 10, 
Dec. 20, 1904, p. (392) 400, fig. 8. Indian Ocean. 
Myotophum ( Diaphus ) microps BRAUER, Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp. Valdivia, 
vol. 15, Tiefsee-Fische, 1906, p. 216, text fig. 136( S. 4 0 5 , 8 W 
E. ?0°1 , 9 M , west of Chagos Archipelago)* 
Diaphus microps PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, 
Dec. 1928, p. 116 (compiled). 
Depth 3 5/6; head 3 1/10. Snout 6 4/5 in head; eye 4 1/2, greater than 
snout; maxillary extends 1 1/5 eye diameters behind eye, slender, length 1 3/5 
in head; interorbital high. 
Scales 37 in lateral line, cycloid. 
