Biology:Diaphus bertelseni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. bertelseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966
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Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). Diaphus bertelseni, or Bertelsen's lanternfish, is a species of oceanodromous lanternfish, first described in 1966 by Basil Nafpaktitis.[2][3]
Etymology
The species epithet, bertelseni, honours the Danish ichthyologist, Erik Bertelsen.[3]
Habitat and distribution
Diaphus bertelseni lives in the Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Southwest Pacific, and Eastern Pacific at depths up to 300 meters.[2] They are mostly at 200 to 300 meters deep during the day, and 60 to 175 meters deep at night.[4]
Description
Diaphus bertelseni grows to a length of 9.1 cm, and can have up to 15 dorsal fins, 15 anal fins, 8 pelvic fins, 18 gill rakers, and 35 lateral lines.[2] Their coloring is dark with paler photophores.[4]
References
- ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Diaphus bertelseni". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Diaphus_bertelseni.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Diaphus bertelseni summary page" (in en). https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Diaphus-bertelseni.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 , pp. 401-424 figs 1-11 [405, figs 2-5], https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4783031, Wikidata Q114068007
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Western Atlantic Fish // Diaphus bertelseni". http://watlfish.com/species/myctophidae-1/archives/2013/03/01/diaphus-bertelseni/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2053451 entry
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