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Diaphus hypoleuoens Parr 
Dlaphus hypoleuoens PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, 
vol. 3, art. 3, Dec. 1928, p. 130, fig. 24. N. 23°58* 
W. 7?°26 , f 7000 feet. Bahamas. 
Depth 4; head 3* Snout 6 7/8 in head from snout tip; eye 4; 
maxillary extends 1 1/2 eye diameters behind eye; length 1 1/4 in head 
from snout tip. 
Scales 36 in lateral line. 
Small, rounded, upper antorbital luminous body above each nostril 
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close to margin of eye; no lower antorbital; oval suborbital origin 
little less than pupil diameter, at center of lower eye edge; 2 opercular 
photophores, upper in line with lower eye edge and pectoral origin; 5 
pectorals, first interval longest, fourth elevated over interval between 
third and fifth, nearly level with upper subpectoral; 1 suprapectoral, 
* ' ... 
over upper subpectoral near last third between lateral line and pectoral 
fin origin; 2 subpectorals, in line with first pectoral, first subpectoral 
little nearer first pectoral than upper which close before lowest 
pectoral ray bases; 5 ventrals, second and third in well inclined line from 
first; 1 supraventral nearly midway between lateral line and ventral base; 
anals 6+5, first and last anteroanal elevated, posteroanals all behind 
anal fin base; 3 supraanals in slightly inclined line, equidistant, second 
little above first anteroanal and third well below lateral line; 1 
posterolateral 1 diameter below lateral line; 4 precaudals, equidistant in 
crescent, last scarcely above middle to lateral line. Suprapectoral with 
smell luminous scale. 
