Diplophos

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

Diplophos is a genus of bristlemouths.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Diplophos in FishBase . February 2012 version.