Diaphus meadi
Diaphus meadi, Mead's lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish found pretty much worldwide.[1]
| Diaphus meadi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. meadi |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 5.4 cm (2.1 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Giles W. Mead (1928–2003), who as cruise leader on the Anton Bruun cruises, six to the Indian Ocean and thirteen to the Eastern South Pacific, was largely responsible for much of the material reported on by the author.[3]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus meadi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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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