Biology:Diaphus faustinoi

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Diaphus faustinoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. faustinoi
Binomial name
Diaphus faustinoi
Fowler, 1934

Diaphus faustinoi is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the western-central Pacific Ocean. [2][3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Leopoldo A. Faustino (1892–1935), a geologist, a mineralogist and a conchologist with the Bureau of Science, in Manila, Philippines,[4]

References

  1. Williams, J.T., Carpenter, K.E., Arceo, H., Quiazon, K.M., Muallil, R. & Nanola, C. (2019). "Diaphus faustinoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T114169573A114169594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T114169573A114169594.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/114169573/114169594. Retrieved 14 January 2024. 
  2. Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Diaphus faustinoi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/. 

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