splendidum, Myctophum (Nyctophus) Brauer [A.] 1904:399, Fig. 7 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 28 (no. 10); ref. 14868] 11 localities in Atlantic and Indian oceans. Syntypes: SMF 2081 (1); ZMB 17600-01 (1, 1), 20773 (1); ZMH H5657 or H5676 (1). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:155 [ref. 22013]. Also appeared in Brauer 1906:218, Figs. 138-139 [ref. 632]. •Valid as Diaphus splendidus (Brauer 1904) -- (Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:74 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:295 [ref. 5672], Paxton et al. 1989:259 [ref. 12442], Hulley 1990:419 [ref. 15273], Paxton et al. in Fischer et al. 1995:1320 [ref. 22830], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:643 [ref. 23897], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:398 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Wang & Chen 2001:109 [ref. 25464], Nakabo 2002:398 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:53 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27076], Paxton et al. 2006:517 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:361 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2014:29 [ref. 33932], Robertson & Clements 2015:648 [ref. 34257], Pinheiro et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34324], Hulley 2016:1895 [ref. 34576], Fricke et al. 2018:78 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:118 [ref. 37250], Balushkin & Prirodina 2020:55 [ref. 37828], Sutton et al. 2020:183 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Aethoprora, Borsa et al. 2022:95 [ref. 40127], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:190 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus splendidus (Brauer 1904). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas. Habitat: marine.