Diaphus

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes.[2][3][4] It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.[4]

Diaphus
Temporal range:
Early Eocene to present[1]
Spothead lantern fish (D. metopoclampus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890
Species

77 species (see text)

Headlight fish (D. effulgens)

Species

There are 77 recognized species:[3]

  • Diaphus adenomus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Gilbert's large lantern fish)
  • Diaphus aliciae Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932 (Andersen's lantern fish)
  • Diaphus antonbruuni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus arabicus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus basileusi Becker & Prut'ko, 1984
  • Diaphus bertelseni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1966 (Bertelsen's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928 (short-headed lantern fish)
  • Diaphus burtoni Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus chrysorhynchus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (golden-nosed lantern fish)
  • Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871) (blue lantern fish)
  • Diaphus confusus Becker, 1992
  • Diaphus dahlgreni Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932 (Dana lanternfish)
  • Diaphus dehaveni Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus diadematus Tåning, 1932 (crown lanternfish)
  • Diaphus diademophilus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus drachmanni Tåning, 1932 (Drachmann's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus dumerilii (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Diaphus effulgens (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
  • Diaphus ehrhorni Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus faustinoi Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 (fragile lantern fish)
  • Diaphus fulgens (A. B. Brauer, 1904)
  • Diaphus garmani C. H. Gilbert, 1906 (Garman's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus gigas C. H. Gilbert, 1913
  • Diaphus handi Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 (small lantern fish)
  • Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg & W. B. Scott, 1976 (Hudson's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus impostor B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995 (imposter lanternfish)
  • Diaphus jenseni Tåning, 1932 (Jensen's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus kapalae B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995 (Kapala lanternfish)
  • Diaphus knappi B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus kora B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995
  • Diaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi & B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus lobatus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus lucidus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (spotlight lanternfish)
  • Diaphus lucifrons Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus luetkeni (A. B. Brauer, 1904) (Luetken's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus malayanus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan lanternfish)
  • Diaphus mascarensis Becker, 1990
  • Diaphus meadi B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978 (Mead's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus megalops B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829) (spothead lantern fish)
  • Diaphus minax B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968
  • Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 (soft lanternfish)
  • Diaphus nielseni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
  • Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932 (Ostenfeld's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus pacificus A. E. Parr, 1931 (Pacific headlightfish)
  • Diaphus pallidus Gjøsæter, 1989
  • Diaphus parini Becker, 1992
  • Diaphus parri Tåning, 1932 (Parr's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus perspicillatus (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (transparent lantern fish)
  • Diaphus phillipsi Fowler, 1934 (Bolin's lantern fish)
  • Diaphus problematicus A. E. Parr, 1928 (problematic lanternfish)
  • Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) (white-spotted lantern fish)
  • Diaphus regani Tåning, 1932 (Regan's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932
  • Diaphus rivatoni Bourret, 1985
  • Diaphus roei B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1974
  • Diaphus sagamiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1913
  • Diaphus schmidti Tåning, 1932
  • Diaphus signatus C. H. Gilbert, 1908
  • Diaphus similis Wisner, 1974
  • Diaphus splendidus (A. B. Brauer, 1904) (horned lanternfish)
  • Diaphus suborbitalis M. C. W. Weber, 1913
  • Diaphus subtilis B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968
  • Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930
  • Diaphus termophilus Tåning, 1928 (Taaning's lantern fish)
  • Diaphus theta C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 (California headlightfish)
  • Diaphus thiollierei Fowler, 1934 (Thiolliere's lanternfish)
  • Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974
  • Diaphus umbroculus Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus vanhoeffeni (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
  • Diaphus watasei D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Watases lanternfish)
  • Diaphus whitleyi Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus wisneri B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Diaphus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  4. Nafpaktitis, Basil G.; Robertson, Don A.; Paxton, John R. (1995). "Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 29 (3): 335–344. doi:10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668.
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