Diplophos

Diplophos
Pacific Portholefish (D. taenia)
Rebains' Portholefish (D. rebainsi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Stomiiformes
Family:	Diplophidae
Genus:	Diplophos Günther, 1873

Diplophos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Diplophidae, commonly known as portholefish. They were formerly placed in the bristlemouth family Gonostomatidae. ^[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Diplophos australis Ozawa, Oda & T. Ida, 1990
• Diplophos orientalis Matsubara, 1940
• Diplophos pacificus Günther, 1889
• Diplophos rebainsi G. Krefft & Parin, 1972 (Rebains' portholefish)
• Diplophos taenia Günther, 1873 (Pacific portholefish)

References

1. Chang, Solomon; Heiple, Zach; Hays, Delson; Melendez-Vazquez, Fernando; Lee, Casey; Frable, Benjamin W.; Pogonoski, John; Martinez, Christopher M.; Betancur-R, Ricardo; Arcila, Dahiana (2025-10-21). "Genome-wide phylogeny reshapes our understanding of the evolution of deep-sea dragonfishes, bristlemouths, viperfishes, and allies (Stomiiformes)". BMC Ecology and Evolution. 25 (1): 111. Bibcode:2025BMCEE..25..111C. doi: 10.1186/s12862-025-02453-0 . ISSN   2730-7182. PMC   12542184 . PMID   41120872.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Diplophos". FishBase . February 2012 version.