Accepted scientific name:
Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932
Synonyms:
Diaphus andersoni Tåning, 1932 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Diaphus andersoni Tåning, 1932
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Andersen's lantern fish English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Andersen's lanternfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Futatsuboshi-hadaka Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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安氏眶灯鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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安氏眶燈魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Linternilla Spanish Mexico Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Congo to Namibia. Western Atlantic: 15°N to the Subtropical Convergence (rare in the minimum region off Brazil). Eastern Pacific: near Hawaii. Western Pacific: Japan, New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300).
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Paxton, J., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7433
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:216f2344-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201