Biology:Diaphus basileusi
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of fish
| Diaphus basileusi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. basileusi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus basileusi Becker & Prut'ko, 1984
| |
Diaphus basileusi is a species of lanternfish found in the western Indian Ocean.[2]
Description
This species reaches a length of 13.0 cm (5.1 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Basil Nafpaktitis (1929–2015), because of his investigations of myctophid systematics, especially of the genus Diaphus.[4]
References
- ↑ Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus basileusi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T129511525A129564116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T129511525A129564116.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/129511525/129564116. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ↑ Bekker, V.E. and V.G. Prut'ko, 1984. A new species of the genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the northeastern Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 24(6):82–87. .
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Diaphus basileusi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3761142 entry
 |  |
