Diaphus lucidus

Diaphus lucidus, the spotlight lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found worldwide. [1]

Diaphus lucidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species:
D. lucidus
Binomial name
Diaphus lucidus
(Goode and Bean, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Aethoprora lucida Goode & Bean, 1896
  • Diaphus lucida (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  • Diaphus monodi Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus reidi Fowler, 1934
  • Diaphus altifrons Kulikova, 1961

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.8 cm (4.6 in).[2]

References
  1. Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus lucidus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.


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