Species details : Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918

Accepted scientific name:
Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus holti  Tåning, 1918
Synonyms:
Diaphus rafinesquei (non Cocco, 1838) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus rafinesquei (non Cocco, 1838)
Diaphus theta (non Eigenmann & Eigennmann, 1890) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Diaphus theta (non Eigenmann & Eigennmann, 1890)
Scopelus holti (Tåning, 1918) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scopelus holti (Tåning, 1918)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
سمك قانوس صغير - Arabic - Click here to show the literature
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Lanternfish - English - Click here to show the literature
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Occhio lucente minore - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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Pisci diavulu - Italian Italy(Messina.) Click here to show the literature
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大圆框灯鱼 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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大眼眶灯鱼 Da yan kuang deng yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大眼眶燈魚 Da yan kuang deng yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Divertido - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Escolarinho - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Lobisomem - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature
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Işık balığı - Turkish Turkey Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Myctophiformes FishBase
Family Myctophidae FishBase
Genus Diaphus FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay including the Mediterranean to Liberia (uncommon between Morocco to Mauritania). Elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, south and east of 50°N and 45°W to 35°N, but east of 35°W to about 20°N. Indian Ocean: two specimens at 29°30'S, 64°56'E.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=1711
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd7a1c73-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401