Danaphos
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| Bottlelights Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Present 37–0 Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
| Genus: | Danaphos Bruun, 1931 |
Danaphos is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. A common name is bottlelights.
Only two extant species are placed here, one of them of questionable validity[verification needed] valid:[1]
- Danaphos asteroscopus Bruun, 1931 (disputed)
- Danaphos oculatus (Garman, 1899) – Bigeye Lightfish
Fossils of bottlelights show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Eocene, more than 35 million years ago.[2]
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[edit] References
- FishBase [2009]: Danaphos species. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (2004): TSN 162231 – Danaphos. Retrieved 2009-OCT-02.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Danaphos]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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