Diaphus watasei Jordan and Starks 
Diaphus watasei JORDAN and STARKS, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol 
22, 1902 (1904), p. 580, fig. Off Atami, in Sagami Bay, in 
153 fathoms; off Misaki. —PARR, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, vol. 76, 
1929, p. 39, fig. 19 (type). 
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Diaphus coeruleus (not KLUNZINGER) PARR, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. 
Collection, 
xxxsx; vol. 3, art. 3, Dec. 1928, p. 122 (part). 
Depth 4 7/8; head 3 2/3, width 2 l/2. Snout 7 in head; eye 3 7/8, 
greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches well beyond eye 
though not quite to well inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, length 
1 1/3 in head; interorbital 4 1/5, nearly level. Gill rakers 7 14, 
lanceolate, 1 l/2 in eye; gill filaments 3/4 gill rakers. 
Scales 36 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter. 
apparently none enlarged, tubes simple, conspicuous. Scales very caducous 
most all now fallen. Caudal base apparently scaly. 
