3238 
Diaphus tanakae Gilbert 
Diaphus tanakae GILBE RT, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 2, Aug. 
1913, p. 88. Off south coast Kiusiu in N. Lat. 31°10*30" 
S. Long. 131°58 T 30”, in 300 fathoms. —PARR, Bull. Bingham 
Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, Dec. 1928, p. 122 (note); 
Proc. U. 3. Nat. Mus., vol, 76, art. 10, 1929, p. 44, fig. 21 
(type). 
Depth 31/2; head 22/3, width 2 3/4. Snout 6 in head; eye 3 1/2, 
greater than snout, about equals interorbital; maxillary extends well 
beyond eye though not to well inclined hind preopercle edge, slender, 
length 1 1/2 in head; interorbital 3 1/4, convex. 
Scales 36 in lateral line, not enlarged, tubes large, distinct; 3 
above. Scales all very caducous, most all fallen. Caudal base evidently 
scaly. 
