Accepted scientific name:
Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928
Synonyms: -
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Fragile lantern fish English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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fragile lanternfish English Australia Click here to show the literature
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fragile lanternfish English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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fragile lanternfish English USA Click here to show the literature
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Kumadori-hadaka Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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符氏眶灯鱼 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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符氏眶燈魚 Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Myctophiformes
Family Myctophidae
Genus Diaphus
Distribution: Tropical areas in all three oceans, with western boundary current extensions: Atlantic: to Slope Water edge and to 26°S. Indian Ocean: Agulhas Current to about 36°S. Western Pacific: in Kuroshio to 35°N and East Australian Current to about 34°S. South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Additional data: -
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2011
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Paxton, J., Data last modified by FishBase 05-Jan-2011
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=7437
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:216f2bdc-60a7-102d-be47-00304854f810:col20110201