Accepted scientific name:
Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
Synonyms:
Diaphus fulgens (non Brauer, 1904) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus fulgens (non Brauer, 1904)
Diaphus mellis Tåning, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Diaphus mellis Tåning, 1928
Diaphus molli Tåning, 1928 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Diaphus molli Tåning, 1928
Diaphus rafinesquei (non Cocco, 1838) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus rafinesquei (non Cocco, 1838)
Diaphus rafinesquii (non Cocco, 1838) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus rafinesquii (non Cocco, 1838)
Myctophum fulgens (non Brauer, 1904) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Myctophum fulgens (non Brauer, 1904)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Lanternfish English Azores Is Click here to show the literature
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Soft lanternfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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Otome-hadaka Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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短距眶灯鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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短距眶燈魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Divertido Portuguese Azores Is Click here to show the literature
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Escolarinho Portuguese Azores Is Click here to show the literature
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Lobisomem Portuguese Azores Is 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: Morocco to Namibia. Western Atlantic: Canada to Argentina. Indian Ocean: 0°-34°S west of 70°E and 80°E, at 38°S, 100°E. Western Pacific: south of 20°S, west of 170°W and in Tasman Sea; centrally between 30°N and 7°S. Eastern Pacific: between 25°N and 15°S (Ref. 4775). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
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=12413
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:217fc028-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201