Diaphus vanhoeffeni

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Diaphus vanhoeffeni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. vanhoeffeni
Binomial name
Diaphus vanhoeffeni
(A. B. Brauer, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Myctophum vanhoeffeniA. B. Brauer, 1906
  • Diaphus lewisiNafpaktitis, 1966

Diaphus vanhoeffeni, also known as VanHoffen's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. [1] [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 4.2 cm (1.7 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German zoologist Ernst Vanhöffen (1858–1918), who was noted for his studies of medusa jellies aboard the research vessel Valdivia, the first German expedition to explore the deep sea, during which the type specimen was collected. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hulley, P. (2015). "Diaphus vanhoeffeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T60470096A60793691. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60470096A60793691.en . Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Hulley, P.A., 1986. Myctophidae. p. 282–321. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Diaphus vanhoeffeni" in FishBase . August 2022 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 1 March 2023.


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