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Skin brown, where scales have fallen pale, scale pockets darker* 
Preorbital and pectoral luminous organs cream white. Iris dary gray, 
likely silvery in life. Fins whitish. 
Diagnosis. Greatly like Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco), known onli 
from the Mediterranean and Atlantic. It differs, however, in much fewer 
postanal photophores, my examples with but 4 or 5 on each side. 
Type No.- 
U. S. N. M 
D. 5497. Bantigui Island, N. 64° ¥., 10 miles (N. 9 7»15” E. 124 59 30 ), 
between Leyte and Mindanao. In 960 fathoms. August 3, 1909. Length 42 mm. 
D. 5504. Macabalan Point Light (Mindanao), S. 39° E., 6 miles (N. e°35*30" 
E. 124 0 36*), northern Mindanao. In 200 fathoms. August 5 , 1909. Length 75 
BlIU# 
D. 5190. Pescador Island, S. 9° E., 
Tanon Strait, east coast of Negros. 
10.70 miles (N. 10°8*15« E. 123°16*45«), 
In 295 fathoms. March 31, 1908. 
Length 75 to 78 mm. 2 examples. 
