gigas, Diaphus Gilbert [C. H.] 1913:93, Pl. 12 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 14956] Sagami Bay, Japan. Holotype: FMNH 55825 [ex CM 4601]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22435 (1), FMNH 55826 [?ex CM 4602] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:85 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:18 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:32 [ref. 12367]. •Questionably a synonym of Diaphus perspicillata (Ogilby 1898) -- (Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440], ss Mundy 2005:218 [ref. 28379]). •Valid as Diaphus gigas Gilbert 1913 -- (Sawada in Amaoka et al. 1983:91, 184 [ref. 8379], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:73 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:187, 351 [ref. 8057], Shinohara et al. 1996:164 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:393 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:301 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:393 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:411 [ref. 28370], Parin et al. 2014:155 [ref. 33547], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:53 [ref. 37828]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus gigas Gilbert 1913. Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Distribution: North Pacific. Habitat: marine.