Diaphus roei

Diaphus roei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Diaphus
Species:	D. roei
Binomial name
Diaphus roei Nafpaktitis, 1974

Diaphus roei, the small lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the western-central Atlantic Ocean. ^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Richard N. Roe (1936–2016), of the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Center, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who obtained specimens collected from the NMFS research vessel Oregon. ^[4]

References

1. Williams, A. (2019). "Diaphus roei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T130284836A130414195. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130284836A130414195.en . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
2. Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphus roei". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. 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.