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

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Aethoprora Goode and Bean, 1896
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderScopelomorpha   
                            OrderMyctophiformes   
                               FamilyMyctophidae  – linternillas, poissons-lanternes, lanternfishes  
                                  SubfamilyLampanyctinae   
                                     GenusDiaphus 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
       
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  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   
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  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   
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  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: Available online at 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   
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  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   
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  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   
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  Reference for: Diaphus   
       

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