Biology:White-spotted lantern fish
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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. rafinesquii
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| Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838)
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The white-spotted lantern fish (Diaphus rafinesquii), also called Rafinesque's lanternfish, is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae.[3][4][5][6]
Etymology
Its specific name refers to the polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783–1840).[7]
Description
The white-spotted lantern fish is silvery in colour, spotted with photophores, with a maximum length of 9 cm (3.5 in).[8]
Habitat
Diaphus rafinesquii is bathypelagic or mesopelagic and oceanodromous, living at depths of 40–2,173 m (131–7,129 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.[9][10][11] During the day, it is typically found at 325–750 m (1,066–2,461 ft) and at night, the adults are at 300–600 m (980–1,970 ft) and the young at 40–200 m (130–660 ft).[12]
Behaviour
Males are slightly larger; spawning is in autumn and winter.[13]
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154729/4619676.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126596.
- ↑ Mundy, Bruce C. (July 25, 2005). Checklist of the Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 9781581780444. https://books.google.com/books?id=540ZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Diaphus+rafinesquii%22.
- ↑ McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (July 25, 1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292752061. https://books.google.com/books?id=lAgyDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Diaphus+rafinesquii%22&pg=PA1106.
- ↑ "White-spoted lantern fish - Diaphus rafinesquii - (Cocco, 1838)". https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/124231.
- ↑ Wisner, Robert L. (July 25, 1976). "The Taxonomy and Distribution of Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) of the Eastern Pacific Ocean". Department of Defense, Navy Department, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity. https://books.google.com/books?id=x0gv9jA4-poC&dq=%22Diaphus+rafinesquii%22&pg=PA127.
- ↑ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 1, 2020). Identification guide to the mesopelagic fishes of the central and south east Atlantic Ocean. Food & Agriculture Org.. ISBN 9789251330944. https://books.google.com/books?id=gzz8DwAAQBAJ&dq=diaphus+rafinesquii+Rafinesque&pg=PA176.
- ↑ "Diaphus rafinesquii". https://www.fishbase.se/FieldGuide/FieldGuideSummary.php?GenusName=Diaphus&SpeciesName=rafinesquii&pda=&sps=.
- ↑ Nafpaktitus, Basil G.; Backus, Richard H.; Craddock, James E.; Haedrich, Richard L.; Robison, Bruce H.; Karnella, Charles (October 23, 2018). Order Iniomi (Myctophiformes): Part 7. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789170. https://books.google.com/books?id=KMqJDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Diaphus+rafinesquii%22&pg=PA156.
- ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Diaphus rafinesquei". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=2065.
- ↑ Wienerroither, Rupert; Bjelland, Otte (2013). "First record of Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) (Myctophidae) in the Norwegian Sea". Fauna Norvegica 32: 39–43. doi:10.5324/fn.v32i0.1528. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307698174.
- ↑ "Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) White-spotted lantern fish". https://www.fishbase.in/summary/Diaphus-rafinesquii.
- ↑ "Diaphus rafinesquii | NBN Atlas". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0019995691.
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