Diaphus richardsoni

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

Diaphus richardsoni, is a species of lanternfish found worldwide. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 6.0 cm (2.4 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of surgeon-naturalist John Richardson (1787–1865), who was the first collector and writer on lanternfishes from the Indo-Pacific. [3]

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References

  1. Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282-321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus richardsoni" 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.