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Diaphus roei

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Diaphus roei, the small lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the Western Central Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Richard N. Roe (1936–2016), of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Center, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who obtained specimens collected from the NMFS research vessel Oregon.[3]

References

  1. ^ Paxton, J.R., 1979. Nominal genera and species of lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae). Contrib. Sci. Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County, 322:1–28.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus roei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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Diaphus roei: Brief Summary

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Diaphus roei, the small lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found in the Philippines and the Western Central Atlantic Ocean.

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