Thorophos nexiliis (Myers, 1932), a rare mesopelagic species, was known only from the holorypc in which detailed type locality in the Philippine was not documented. In 1995, seven specimens were collected by the RIV Fisheries Researcher I from Mindanao Sea, Philippines, and then deposited in the collections of Fisheries Research Institution (FRIP), Keelung, Taiwan. In this paper, detailed descriptions, photo image, collection information of the specimens, synonym of the species, and a key to species of the genus were provided.