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Diaphus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162583

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Aethoprora Goode and Bean, 1896
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2003

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Scopelomorpha
	Order	Myctophiformes
	Family	Myctophidae – linternillas, poissons-lanternes, lanternfishes
	Subfamily	Lampanyctinae
	Genus	Diaphus Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890
		Direct Children:
	Species	Diaphus adenomus Gilbert, 1905
	Species	Diaphus agassizii Gilbert, 1908
	Species	Diaphus aliciae Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus antonbruuni Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus arabicus Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus basileusi Becker and Prut'ko, 1984
	Species	Diaphus bertelseni Nafpaktitis, 1966
	Species	Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928
	Species	Diaphus burtoni Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus chrysorhynchus Gilbert and Cramer, 1897
	Species	Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871)
	Species	Diaphus confusus Becker, 1992
	Species	Diaphus dahlgreni Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus dehaveni Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus diadematus Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus diademophilus Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus drachmanni Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus dumerilii (Bleeker, 1856) – pez linterna coliapagado
	Species	Diaphus effulgens (Goode and Bean, 1896)
	Species	Diaphus ehrhorni Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus faustinoi Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 – fragile lanternfish
	Species	Diaphus fulgens (Brauer, 1904)
	Species	Diaphus garmani Gilbert, 1906
	Species	Diaphus gigas Gilbert, 1913
	Species	Diaphus gracilis Kulikova, 1961
	Species	Diaphus handi Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918
	Species	Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg and Scott, 1976
	Species	Diaphus impostor Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
	Species	Diaphus jenseni Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus kapalae Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
	Species	Diaphus knappi Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus kora Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995
	Species	Diaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi and Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus lobatus Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus longleyi Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus lucidus (Goode and Bean, 1896)
	Species	Diaphus lucifrons Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus luetkeni (Brauer, 1904)
	Species	Diaphus malayanus Weber, 1913
	Species	Diaphus mascarensis Becker in Becker and Shcherbachev, 1990
	Species	Diaphus meadi Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus megalops Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829)
	Species	Diaphus minax Nafpaktitis, 1968
	Species	Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928
	Species	Diaphus nielseni Nafpaktitis, 1978
	Species	Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus pacificus Parr, 1931
	Species	Diaphus pallidus Gjøsaeter, 1989
	Species	Diaphus parini Becker, 1992
	Species	Diaphus parri Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus perspicillatus (Ogilby, 1898) – transparent lanternfish
	Species	Diaphus phillipsi Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus problematicus Parr, 1928 – pez linterna problemático
	Species	Diaphus rafinesquii (Chevrolat, 1863) – whitespotted lanternfish
	Species	Diaphus regani Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus roei Nafpaktitis, 1974
	Species	Diaphus sagamiensis Gilbert, 1913
	Species	Diaphus schmidti Tåning, 1932
	Species	Diaphus signatus Gilbert, 1908
	Species	Diaphus similis Wisner, 1974
	Species	Diaphus splendidus (Brauer, 1904) – lanternfish
	Species	Diaphus suborbitalis Weber, 1913
	Species	Diaphus subtilis Nafpaktitis, 1968
	Species	Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930
	Species	Diaphus tanakae Gilbert, 1913
	Species	Diaphus termophilus Tåning, 1928 – Taaning's lanternfish
	Species	Diaphus theta Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1890 – California headlightfish, linternilla californiana
	Species	Diaphus thiollierei Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974
	Species	Diaphus umbroculus Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus vanhoeffeni (Brauer, 1906)
	Species	Diaphus watasei Jordan and Starks, 1904
	Species	Diaphus whitleyi Fowler, 1934
	Species	Diaphus wisneri Nafpaktitis, Robertson and Paxton, 1995

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Paxton, J. R., E. H. Ahlstrom, and H. G. Moser / Moser, H. G., W. J. Richards, et al., eds
	Publication Date:	1984
	Article/Chapter Title:	Myctophidae: Relationships
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication, no. 1: Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes
	Page(s):	239-244
	Publisher:	American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
	Publication Place:	Lawrence, Kansas, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0748-0539
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Diaphus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Stiassny, Melanie L. J. / Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Lynne R. Parenti, and G. David Johnson
	Publication Date:	1996
	Article/Chapter Title:	Basal Ctenosquamate Relationships and the Interrelationships of the Myctophiform (Scopelomorph) Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Interrelationships of Fishes
	Page(s):	xiii + 496
	Publisher:	Academic Press
	Publication Place:	San DIego, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-12-670950-5
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Diaphus

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