Diaphus mascarensis

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Diaphus mascarensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. mascarensis
Binomial name
Diaphus mascarensis
Becker, 1990
Synonyms
  • Myctophum fulgensA. B. Brauer, 1904

Diaphus mascarensis is a species of lanternfish found in the Western Indian Ocean. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in). [2]

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References

  1. Bekker, V.E. and Y.N. Shcherbachev, 1990. Bathypelagic species of the families Neoscopelidae and Myctophidae from the Indian Ocean, with a description of a new species of Diaphus. J. Ichthyol. 30(7):122-134.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus mascarensis" in FishBase . February 2015 version.