Biology:Diaphus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Diaphus | |
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| Spothead lantern fish (D. metopoclampus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 |
| Species | |
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77 species (see text) | |
Headlight fish (D. effulgens)
Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes.[2][3][4] It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.[4]
Species
There are 77 recognized species:[3]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds (30 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4468.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Diaphus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nafpaktitis, Basil G.; Robertson, Don A.; Paxton, John R. (1995). "Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29 (3): 335–344. doi:10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668.
Wikidata ☰ Q2635927 entry
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