Biology:Diaphus gigas

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Diaphus gigas
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. gigas
Binomial name
Diaphus gigas
C. H. Gilbert, 1913

Diaphus gigas is a species of lanternfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean.[2][3]

Description

This species reaches a length of 17.0 cm (6.7 in).[4]

Etymology

The fish is named in because it is large, at 170 mm TL, the largest species in Gilbert's monograph on the lanternfishes of Japan.[4]

References

  1. Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T130263584A130414100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130263584A130414100.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/130263584/130414100. Retrieved 14 January 2024. 
  2. Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Diaphus gigas" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "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 ☰ Q2356234 entry