216 ? 
Myctophum nocturnum POEY, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, vol. 2, I860, 
p. 426. Havana. 
Collettia noeturna GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p. 512 
(reference). —JORDAN and EVEHMANN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Hus., No. 47, 
pt. 1, 1896, p. 567 (compiled). 
Diaphus nocturnus GILBERT, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 46, 1906, 
No. 14, p. 255, pi. 1 (type; type of Lampanyctus lacerta ). 
Diaphua dumerili nocturnus TAANING, Tidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. 
Foren. Kobenhavn, vol. 86, 1928, p. 58 (diagnosis in key). 
Scopelus schmltzi JOHNSON, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1890, p. 456. 
East end of Madeira. 
Lampanyctus lacerta GOODE and BEAN, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, p. 81, pi. 24, 
fig. 89. N. 28°38*30" W. 85°52»30", 142 fathoms; N. 39°56» 
W. 70°14»30", 200 fathoms; N. 35°41»30" W. 74°48*30", 671 fathoms; 
N. 39°50»45" W. 71°43*, 131 fathoms; N. 36°1*30« W. 74°47»30*»; 
N. 39°55* W. 70°47*, 224 fathoms; N. 39°50»30 w W. 71°23 , > 182 
fathoms. —JORDAN and EVEHMANN, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, 
pt. 1, 1896, p. 560 (compiled). 
