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Diaphus is a genus of lanternfish, a mesopelagic fish known for its use of bioluminescence.

Diaphus

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Headlight fish (D. effulgens)

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

Species

There are 77 recognized species:[3]

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. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Diaphus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  4. ^ a b 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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Diaphus: Brief Summary

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Headlight fish (D. effulgens)

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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