Diaphus sagamiensis
Diaphus sagamiensis is a species of lanternfish found in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. [1][2]
| Diaphus sagamiensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Diaphus |
| Species: | D. sagamiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaphus sagamiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1913 | |
Etymology
The fish is named after Sagami Bay, Japan.[3]
References
- Wang, J.T.-M. and C.-T. Chen, 2001. A review of lanternfishes (Families: Myctophidae and Neoscopelidae) and their distributions around Taiwan and the Tungsha islands with notes on seventeen new records. Zool. Stud. 40(2):103-126.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Diaphus sagamiensis" 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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