Diaphus

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Genus of fishes

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::summary Genus of fishes ::

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Early Eocene to present{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |author-link= Jack Sepkoski |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=363 |pages=1–560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2007-12-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=2011-07-23 | image = Diaphus metopoclampus.jpg | image_caption = Spothead lantern fish (D. metopoclampus) | taxon = Diaphus | authority = C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 79 species (see text) ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Diaphus_effulgens.jpg" caption="[[Headlight fish]] ''(D. effulgens)''"] ::

Diaphus is a genus of lanternfishes. It is the most species-rich lanternfish genus.

Species

There are 79 recognized species:

Diaphus adenomus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Gilbert's large lantern fish)
Diaphus agassizii Gilbert, 1908
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 balanovi Prokofiev, Emelyanova, Orlov & Orlova, 2022
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

{{FishBase genus. (2024)
(30 March 2017). "''Diaphus''".
(1995). "Four new species of the lanternfish genus ''Diaphus'' (Myctophidae) from the Indo-Pacific". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.

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