Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Stenopterygii
Ordo: Stomiiformes
Subordo: Gonostomatoidei
Familia: Sternoptychidae
Subfamilia: Maurolicinae
Genus: Danaphos
Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Danaphos asteroscopus Bruun, 1931
Danaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899) (Bottlelights, Bigeye Lightfish)
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.[3]
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Danaphos". FishBase. February 2012 version.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 – Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02
Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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