Diaphus

Life-forms

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: Scopelomorpha
Ordo: Myctophiformes

Familia: Myctophidae
Genus: Diaphus
Species: D. adenomus – D. aliciae – D. anderseni – D. antonbruuni – D. arabicus – D. basileusi – D. bertelseni – D. brachycephalus – D. burtoni – D. chrysorhynchus – D. coeruleus – D. confusus – D. dahlgreni – D. danae – D. dehaveni – D. diadematus – D. diademophilus – D. drachmanni – †D. draconis – D. dumerilii – †D. ecuadorensis – D. effulgens – D. ehrhorni – D. faustinoi – D. fragilis – D. fulgens – D. garmani – †D. gatunensis – D. gigas – D. handi – D. holti – D. hudsoni – D. impostor – D. jenseni – D. kapalae – D. knappi – D. kora – D. kuroshio – D. lobatus – D. longleyi – D. lucidus – D. lucifrons – D. luetkeni – D. malayanus – †D. marambionis – D. mascarensis – D. meadi – D. megalops – D. metopoclampus – D. minax – D. mollis – †D. multiserratus – D. nielseni – D. ostenfeldi – D. pacificus – D. pallidus – D. parini – D. parri – †D. paxtoni – D. perspicillatus – D. phillipsi – D. problematicus – †D. prokofievi – D. rafinesquii – D. regani – D. richardsoni – †D. rodriguezi – D. roei – D. sagamiensis – D. schmidti – D. signatus – D. similis – D. splendidus – D. suborbitalis – D. subtilis – D. taaningi – D. termophilus – D. theta – D. thiollierei – D. trachops – D. umbroculus – D. vanhoeffeni – D. watasei – D. whitleyi – D. wisneri
Name

Diaphus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890

Type species: Diaphus theta Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890

Synonyms

Aethoprora Goode & Bean, 1896
Cavelampus (subgenus of Collettia) Whitley, 1933
Collettia (Cavelampus) Whitley, 1933
Collettia Goode & Bean, 1896
Lamprossa Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
Nyctophus Cocco, 1829
Pantophos Jordan & Hubbs, 1925

References

Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1890. Additions to the fauna of San Diego. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 3: 1–24. BHL Reference page.
Schwarzhans, W. 2013. A comparative morphological study of the Recent otoliths of the genera Diaphus, Idiolychnus and Lobianchia (Myctophidae). Palaeo Ichthyologica 13: 41-82. Reference page.

Links

Diaphus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Diaphus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes.[2][3][4] It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.[4]
Species

There are 77 recognized species:[3]

Diaphus adenomus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Gilbert's large lantern fish)
Diaphus aliciae Fowler, 1934
Diaphus anderseni Tåning, 1932 (Andersen's lantern fish)
Diaphus antonbruuni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus arabicus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus basileusi Becker & Prut'ko, 1984
Diaphus bertelseni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1966 (Bertelsen's lanternfish)
Diaphus brachycephalus Tåning, 1928 (short-headed lantern fish)
Diaphus burtoni Fowler, 1934
Diaphus chrysorhynchus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (golden-nosed lantern fish)
Diaphus coeruleus (Klunzinger, 1871) (blue lantern fish)
Diaphus confusus Becker, 1992
Diaphus dahlgreni Fowler, 1934
Diaphus danae Tåning, 1932 (Dana lanternfish)
Diaphus dehaveni Fowler, 1934
Diaphus diadematus Tåning, 1932 (crown lanternfish)
Diaphus diademophilus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus drachmanni Tåning, 1932 (Drachmann's lanternfish)
Diaphus dumerilii (Bleeker, 1856)
Diaphus effulgens (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896)
Diaphus ehrhorni Fowler, 1934
Diaphus faustinoi Fowler, 1934
Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 (fragile lantern fish)
Diaphus fulgens (A. B. Brauer, 1904)
Diaphus garmani C. H. Gilbert, 1906 (Garman's lanternfish)
Diaphus gigas C. H. Gilbert, 1913
Diaphus handi Fowler, 1934
Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 (small lantern fish)
Diaphus hudsoni Zurbrigg & W. B. Scott, 1976 (Hudson's lanternfish)
Diaphus impostor B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995 (imposter lanternfish)
Diaphus jenseni Tåning, 1932 (Jensen's lanternfish)
Diaphus kapalae B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995 (Kapala lanternfish)
Diaphus knappi B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus kora B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995
Diaphus kuroshio Kawaguchi & B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus lobatus B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus lucidus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (spotlight lanternfish)
Diaphus lucifrons Fowler, 1934
Diaphus luetkeni (A. B. Brauer, 1904) (Luetken's lanternfish)
Diaphus malayanus M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan lanternfish)
Diaphus mascarensis Becker, 1990
Diaphus meadi B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978 (Mead's lanternfish)
Diaphus megalops B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829) (spothead lantern fish)
Diaphus minax B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968
Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 (soft lanternfish)
Diaphus nielseni B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1978
Diaphus ostenfeldi Tåning, 1932 (Ostenfeld's lanternfish)
Diaphus pacificus A. E. Parr, 1931 (Pacific headlightfish)
Diaphus pallidus Gjøsæter, 1989
Diaphus parini Becker, 1992
Diaphus parri Tåning, 1932 (Parr's lanternfish)
Diaphus perspicillatus (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (transparent lantern fish)
Diaphus phillipsi Fowler, 1934 (Bolin's lantern fish)
Diaphus problematicus A. E. Parr, 1928 (problematic lanternfish)
Diaphus rafinesquii (Cocco, 1838) (white-spotted lantern fish)
Diaphus regani Tåning, 1932 (Regan's lanternfish)
Diaphus richardsoni Tåning, 1932
Diaphus rivatoni Bourret, 1985
Diaphus roei B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1974
Diaphus sagamiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1913
Diaphus schmidti Tåning, 1932
Diaphus signatus C. H. Gilbert, 1908
Diaphus similis Wisner, 1974
Diaphus splendidus (A. B. Brauer, 1904) (horned lanternfish)
Diaphus suborbitalis M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Diaphus subtilis B. G. Nafpaktitis, 1968
Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930
Diaphus termophilus Tåning, 1928 (Taaning's lantern fish)
Diaphus theta C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 (California headlightfish)
Diaphus thiollierei Fowler, 1934 (Thiolliere's lanternfish)
Diaphus trachops Wisner, 1974
Diaphus umbroculus Fowler, 1934
Diaphus vanhoeffeni (A. B. Brauer, 1906)
Diaphus watasei D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Watases lanternfish)
Diaphus whitleyi Fowler, 1934
Diaphus wisneri B. G. Nafpaktitis, D. A. Robertson & Paxton, 1995

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (30 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Diaphus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
Nafpaktitis, Basil G.; Robertson, Don A.; Paxton, John R. (1995). "Four new species of the lanternfish genus Diaphus (Myctophidae) from the Indo‐Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 29 (3): 335–344. doi:10.1080/00288330.1995.9516668.