Diaphus regani

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Diaphus regani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. regani
Binomial name
Diaphus regani
Tåning, 1932

Diaphus regani, the Regan's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 1.4 cm (0.55 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943), Natural History Museum (London). [3]

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References

  1. Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus regani" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2023.