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Diaphus signatus Gilbert 
Diaphus aignatua GILBERT, Man. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 26, No. 6, 
1908, p. 228, pi, 3. Near Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands. —PARR, 
Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collection, vol. 3, art. 3, Dec. 1928, 
p. 123 (reference), —FOWLER, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 
p. 68 (compiled). —PARR, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 76, art. 10, 
1929, p. 45 (type). 
Depth 5 to 5 2/5; head 3 1/3 to 3 3/4, width 2 2/5 to 2 3/5. Snout 
7 2/5 to 7 3/4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 4/5 to 4, greater than snout, 
subequal with interorbitel; maxillary reaches far behind eye, not expanded, 
apparentl?r reaches oblique hind preopercle edge, length 1 1/3 to 1 2/5 in 
head; interorbital 3 to 3 1/4, little convex. Gill rakers 6 + 13, slender, 
3/4 of eye. 
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Scales 38 in lateral line, small; 3 above, 3 below. Scales very 
deciduous, most all fallen. 
