2230 
Diaphus parri new species 
Depth. 5 to 5 l/4; head 3 1/2 to 3 3/5, width 2 1/4 to 2 l/2. Snout 
6 1/2 to 7 in head; eye 4 1/4 to 4 1/3, greater than snout, 1 in inter- 
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orbital anteriorly; maxillary extends over eye diameter behind eye though 
not quite to well inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, length 1 1/3 
to 1 2/5 in head; interorbital 4 1/8 to 4 1/3, broadly convex. Gill rakers 
5 f 14, lanceolate, 1 1/4 in eye; gill filaments 2/3 gill rakers. 
Scales 35 in lateral line to caudal base, scarcely enlarged, tubes 
simple, prominent; 3 above, 3 below. Large pointed scale in axil of 
ventral fin 2 l/3 in fin. Scales very caducous, most all fallen. Oaudal 
base scaly. 
