Diaphus

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Diaphus
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Early Eocene to present [1]
Diaphus metopoclampus.jpg
Spothead lantern fish (D. metopoclampus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890
Species

77 species (see text)

Headlight fish (D. effulgens) Diaphus effulgens.jpg
Headlight fish (D. effulgens)

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes. [2] [3] [4] It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus. [4]

Species

There are 77 recognized species: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Diaphus in FishBase . October 2016 version.
  4. 1 2 Nafpaktitis, Basil G.; Robertson, Don A.; Paxton, John R. (1995). "Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 29 (3): 335–344. doi: 10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668 .
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