perspicillata, Aethoprora Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:36 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 23 (pt 1); ref. 5861] Lord Howe Island, southwestern Pacific. Holotype (unique): QM I.794 (in 2 pieces). •Valid as Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898) -- (Paxton 1979:8 [ref. 6440], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:73 [ref. 6441], Hulley 1986:294 [ref. 5672], Scott & Scott 1988:213 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:259 [ref. 12442], McAllister 1990:104 [ref. 14674], Hulley 1990:417 [ref. 15273], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:640 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:97 [ref. 24106], Paxton & Hulley 1999:1963 [ref. 24748], Nakabo 2000:393 [ref. 25086], Paxton & Hulley in Randall & Lim 2000:593 [ref. 25122], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:22 [ref. 25650], Hutchins 2001:20 [ref. 25847], Chen 2002:205 [ref. 26587], Nakabo 2002:393 [ref. 26001], Santos et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:53 [ref. 27192], Hartel & Craddock 2003:950 [ref. 27005], Moore et al. 2003:199 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:218 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:517 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2011:361 [ref. 31242], Robertson & Clements 2015:647 [ref. 34257], Pinheiro et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34324], Hulley 2016:1894 [ref. 34576], Fricke et al. 2018:77 [ref. 35805], Carneiro et al. 2019:118 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:68 [ref. 36673], Sutton et al. 2020:185 [ref. 37832] in subgenus Aethoprora, Eduardo et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38817], Borsa et al. 2022:93 [ref. 40127], Eduardo et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39574], Fermon et al. 2022:190 [ref. 39448], Page et al. 2023:95 [ref. 40505], Koerber 2024:35 [ref. 41215]). Current status: Valid as Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby 1898). Myctophidae: Diaphinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas, but not in the eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.