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Diaphus holti
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
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D. holti
Binomial name
Diaphus holti
Tåning, 1918

Diaphus holti is a lanternfish in the family Myctophidae, found circumglobally in both hemispheres, at depths of between 225 and 650 m during the day and between 40 and 275 m at night. Its length is about 7 cm. It is a bathypelagic oceanodromous species.

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